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Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh asked his brothers,“ What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“ Your servants, both we and our ancestors, are shepherds.”
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Psalms 78:70-72
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;he brought him from tending ewes to be shepherd over his people Jacob— over Israel, his inheritance.He shepherded them with a pure heart and guided them with his skillful hands.
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Genesis 46:34
you are to say,‘ Your servants, both we and our ancestors, have raised livestock from our youth until now.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to Egyptians.”
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Genesis 45:10
You can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me— you, your children, and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have.
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1 Samuel 17 15
but David kept going back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem.
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1 Kings 9 27
With the fleet, Hiram sent his servants, experienced seamen, along with Solomon’s servants.
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Genesis 31:18
He took all the livestock and possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, and he drove his herds to go to the land of Canaan, to his father Isaac.
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Zechariah 13:5
He will say,‘ I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.’
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1 Kings 18 5-1 Kings 18 6
Ahab said to Obadiah,“ Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
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Genesis 37:2
These are the family records of Jacob. At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.
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Genesis 4:2
She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.
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Isaiah 40:11
He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
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Genesis 9:20
Noah, as a man of the soil, began by planting a vineyard.
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Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
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1 Samuel 16 11
Samuel asked him,“ Are these all the sons you have?”“ There is still the youngest,” he answered,“ but right now he’s tending the sheep.” Samuel told Jesse,“ Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.”