Verse 34
Genesis 46:34
Bible in Basic English
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You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁ֨י מִקְנֶ֜ה הָי֤וּ עֲבָדֶ֨י/ךָ֙ מִ/נְּעוּרֵ֣י/נוּ וְ/עַד עַ֔תָּה גַּם אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם אֲבֹתֵ֑י/נוּ בַּ/עֲב֗וּר תֵּשְׁבוּ֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן כִּֽי תוֹעֲבַ֥ת מִצְרַ֖יִם כָּל רֹ֥עֵה צֹֽאן
English Translation
And you shall say, "The men of cattle have been your servants from our youth until now, we and our fathers, for we have dwelled in the land of Goshen, because the abomination of Egypt is every shepherd of sheep."
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Chapter 46 Context
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And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to t...
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And God (Elohim) said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
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And he said, I am God (Elohim), the God (Elohim) of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for...
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I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph...
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Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones an...
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And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to E...
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His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his daughters' sons and all his family he took with h...
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And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons:...
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And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;
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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, the son of a woman...
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And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
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And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their...
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And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;
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And the sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel;
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All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Pad...
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And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli;
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And the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Sarah, their sister; and the sons...
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These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen...
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The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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And Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in the land of Egypt, by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, pr...
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And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and...
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All these were the children of Rachel whom Jacob had by her, fourteen persons.
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And the son of Dan was Hushim.
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And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.
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These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.
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All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without t...
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And the sons of Joseph whom he had in Egypt were two. Seventy persons of the family of Jacob came in...
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Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of...
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And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he ca...
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And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.
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And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh,...
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And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their h...
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Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?
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You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fa...