Genesis 47:3 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: We thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And he questioned them, “What do you have for work?” They responded: “Your servants are pastors of sheep, both we and our fathers.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both we, [and] also our fathers.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and Pharaoh says to his brothers, “What [are] your works?” And they say to Pharaoh, “Your servants [are] feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers”;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both we, [and] also our fathers.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And they answered Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both we and our fathers.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our ancestors.”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren: 'What is your occupation?' And they said unto Pharaoh: 'Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.'
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And Pharaoh said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, 'What [are] your works?' and they say unto Pharaoh, 'Thy servants [are] feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;'
FBV Free Bible Version
Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” “Your servants are shepherds, just like our fathers before us,” they replied.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y Faraón dijo á sus hermanos: ¿Cuál es vuestro oficio? Y ellos respondieron á Faraón: Pastores de ovejas son tus siervos, así nosotros como nuestros padres.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Este entonces les preguntó: ―¿A qué se dedican? Y ellos contestaron: ―Somos pastores, como nuestros antepasados.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Entonces Faraón preguntó a sus hermanos: ¿Cuál es su oficio? Y respondieron: Tus esclavos somos pastores de ovejas, tanto nosotros como nuestros antepasados.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
El faraón les preguntó a los hermanos: “¿Qué trabajo hacen ustedes?” “Nosotros, sus siervos, somos pastores, como nuestros padres antes que nosotros”, respondieron ellos.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
El faraón les preguntó: «¿A qué se dedican?». Ellos respondieron: «Tus siervos somos pastores, como lo fueron nuestros padres».
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Καὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Ἰωσὴφ, Τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν τῷ Φαραῷ, ποιμένες προβάτων οἱ παῖδές σου, καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־אֶחָ֖יו מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
quos ille interrogavit: Quid habetis operis? Responderunt: Pastores ovium sumus servi tui, et nos et patres nostri.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ речѐ фараѡ́нъ къ бра́тїѧмъ і҆ѡ́сифѡвымъ: что̀ дѣ́ло ва́ше; Ѻ҆ни́ же рѣ́ша фараѡ́нꙋ: пастꙋсѝ ѻ҆́вчїи, рабѝ твоѝ, и҆ мы̀ и҆ ѻ҆тцы̀ на́ши ѿдѣ́тска и҆ досе́лѣ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И сказал фараон братьям его: какое ваше занятие? Они сказали фараону: пастухи овец рабы твои, и мы и отцы наши.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και είπεν ο Φαραώ προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, Τι είναι το επιτήδευμά σας; οι δε είπον προς τον Φαραώ, Ποιμένες προβάτων είναι οι δούλοί σου και ημείς και οι πατέρες ημών.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А Фараон рече браћи његовој: Какву радњу радите? А они рекоше Фараону: Пастири су слуге твоје, и ми и наши стари.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A Faraon reče braći njegovoj: Kakvu radnju radite? A oni rekoše Faraonu: Pastiri su sluge tvoje, i mi i naši stari.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِإِخْوَتِهِ: «مَا صِنَاعَتُكُمْ؟» فَقَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «عَبِيدُكَ رُعَاةُ غَنَمٍ نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا جَمِيعًا».
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT