Genesis 47:3
And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: We thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- quos ille interrogavit : Quid habetis operis ? Responderunt : Pastores ovium sumus servi tui, et nos et patres nostri.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Φαραὼ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Ἰωσήφ Τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν τῷ Φαραώ Ποιμένες προβάτων οἱ παῖδές σου, καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל אֶחָ֖יו מַה מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ גַּם אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ