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Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh asked the brothers,“ What is your occupation?”“ Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh,“ just as our fathers were.” (niv)
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Psalms 78:70-72
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them. (niv)
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Genesis 46:34
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.” (niv)
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Genesis 45:10
You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me— you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. (niv)
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1 Samuel 17 15
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem. (niv)
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1 Kings 9 27
And Hiram sent his men— sailors who knew the sea— to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men. (niv)
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Genesis 31:18
and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan. (niv)
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Zechariah 13:5
Each will say,‘ I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.’ (niv)
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1 Kings 18 5-1 Kings 18 6
Ahab had said to Obadiah,“ Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another. (niv)
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Genesis 37:2
This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. (niv)
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Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. (niv)
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Isaiah 40:11
He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young. (niv)
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Genesis 9:20
Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. (niv)
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Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. (niv)
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1 Samuel 16 11
So he asked Jesse,“ Are these all the sons you have?”“ There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered.“ He is tending the sheep.” Samuel said,“ Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.” (niv)