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Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“ What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“ Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”
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Psalms 78:70-72
He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.
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Genesis 46:34
Tell him,‘ Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians.”
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Genesis 45:10
You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.
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1 Samuel 17 15
David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
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1 Kings 9 27
Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.
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Genesis 31:18
He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.
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Zechariah 13:5
Instead he will say,‘ I am no prophet– indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’
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1 Kings 18 5-1 Kings 18 6
Ahab told Obadiah,“ Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals.”They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other.
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Genesis 37:2
This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
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Genesis 4:2
Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
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Isaiah 40:11
Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
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Genesis 9:20
Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.
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Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
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1 Samuel 16 11
Then Samuel said to Jesse,“ Is that all of the young men?” Jesse replied,“ There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse,“ Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”