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Gênesis 47:3

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3 Perguntou-lhes o faraó: “Em que vocês trabalham?”Eles lhe responderam: “Teus servos são pastores, como os nossos antepassados”.

Gênesis 47:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:3

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, what [is] your occupation?
&c.] Which is the question he had told his brethren beforehand would be asked them, and prepared them to give an answer to it, ( Genesis 46:33 Genesis 46:34 ) ; which was perhaps an usual question Pharaoh asked of persons that came to settle in his dominions, that he might have no idle vagrants there, and that he might know of what advantage they were like to be of in his kingdom, and might dispose of them accordingly:

and they said unto Pharaoh, thy servants [are] shepherds, both we
[and] also our fathers;
see ( Genesis 46:34 ) .

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Gênesis 47:3 In-Context

1 José foi dar as notícias ao faraó: “Meu pai e meus irmãos chegaram de Canaã com suas ovelhas, seus bois e tudo o que lhes pertence, e estão agora em Gósen”.
2 Depois escolheu cinco de seus irmãos e os apresentou ao faraó.
3 Perguntou-lhes o faraó: “Em que vocês trabalham?”Eles lhe responderam: “Teus servos são pastores, como os nossos antepassados”.
4 Disseram-lhe ainda: “Viemos morar aqui por uns tempos, porque a fome é rigorosa em Canaã, e os rebanhos de teus servos não têm pastagem. Agora, por favor, permite que teus servos se estabeleçam em Gósen”.
5 Então o faraó disse a José: “Seu pai e seus irmãos vieram a você,

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