Genesis 46:33 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Now, when Pharaoh calls for you and asks, 'What kind of work do you do?'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say,'What is your occupation?'

YLT:

And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What are your works?

Genesis 46:33 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 47:2 He took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

46:28-34 It was justice to Pharaoh to let him know that such a family was come to settle in his dominions. If others put confidence in us, we must not be so base as to abuse it by imposing upon them. But how shall Joseph dispose of his brethren? Time was, when they were contriving to be rid of him; now he is contriving to settle them to their advantage; this is rendering good for evil. He would have them live by themselves, in the land of Goshen, which lay nearest to Canaan. Shepherds were an abomination to the Egyptians. Yet Joseph would have them not ashamed to own this as their occupation before Pharaoh. He might have procured places for them at court or in the army. But such preferments would have exposed them to the envy of the Egyptians, and might have tempted them to forget Canaan and the promise made unto their fathers. An honest calling is no disgrace, nor ought we to account it so, but rather reckon it a shame to be idle, or to have nothing to do. It is generally best for people to abide in the callings they have been bred to and used to. Whatever employment and condition God in his providence has allotted for us, let us suit ourselves to it, satisfy ourselves with it, and not mind high things. It is better to be the credit of a mean post, than the shame of a high one. If we wish to destroy our souls, or the souls of our children, then let us seek for ourselves, and for them, great things; but if not, it becomes us, having food and raiment, therewith to be content.

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