Genesis 46:33

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say , What is your occupation?

Genesis 46:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:33

And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you
Order them to come before him, to see them, and have some conversation with them:

and shall say, what [is] your occupation?
or your works ^F3, their business and employment, whether they exercised any manufacture or handicraft, and what it was.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Mkyvem) "opus vestrum", Pagninus, Montanus, "opera vestra", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.

Genesis 46:33 In-Context

31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up , and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

32 And the men are shepherds , for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say , What is your occupation?

34 That ye shall say , Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.