Genesis 46: 34

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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
GENESIS

CHAPTER 46

34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about ^acattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an ^babomination unto the Egyptians.

Footnotes

34a

Gen. 37: 12.

12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed their father’s ^aflock in Shechem.

Gen. 47: 3.

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your ^aoccupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are ^bshepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

Abr. 2: 5.

5 And the famine abated; and my father tarried in Haran and dwelt there, as there were many flocks in Haran; and my father turned again unto his ^aidolatry, therefore he continued in Haran.

Gen. 43: 32.

32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an ^aabomination unto the Egyptians.