32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.'


In Context

29 Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive."

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

32 The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.'

33 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, 'What is your occupation?'

34 you should answer, 'Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."

Genesis 46:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:32And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

46:32And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

46:32and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:32and the men are shepherds, for they have been occupied with cattle; and they have brought their sheep, and their cattle, and all that they have.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

46:32and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:32And the men are shepherds, for their employment hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

46:32and the men are feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:32And the men are shepherds, for their trade has been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.