“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
“Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where hav