Shepherds: An Abomination to the Egyptians

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Genesis 46:34
That you shall say, Your servants' trade has been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
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Chapter xlvi
... shepherd of flocks is an abomination to the Egyptians," has provoked much discussion.
This explanation is applicable not only to foreign shepherds but, as Keil ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlvi.htm

The Shepherd of Our Souls.
... "Thy servants," they say, "are shepherds, both we and also our fathers[23];" and
what, in ... "Every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians[24].". ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xvi the shepherd of.htm

Joseph and his Brethren
... the land of Canaan, are come unto me; and the men are shepherds, for they ... in the
land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/i joseph and his brethren.htm

How the Bishop is to Treat the Innocent, the Guilty, and the ...
... the inhabitants of Jericho, nor Israel for the Egyptians. ... My anger is waxed hot against
the shepherds, and against ... and one thief spreads the abomination over a ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iii how the bishop is.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... The Egyptians knew it in ... The whole of this district forms a little world in itself,
whose inhabitants, half shepherds, half bandits, live a life of isolation ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

Bunsen's Biblical Researches.
... Menephthah retreats into Ethiopia Syrian shepherds, and gives ... people, the spoiling
of the Egyptians, and the ... invading the Temple with like abomination, as well ...
/.../essays and reviews the education of the world/bunsens biblical researches.htm

the Legendary History of Egypt
... death the copy with which they were provided; and since few Egyptians could read ...
I have not defaulted, I have not committed that which is an abomination to the ...
/.../chapter iii -the legendary history of.htm

The First Theban Empire
... the names of unimportant princes, and the tenacity with which the Egyptians treasured
the ... there as in the stable; the thief had become an abomination to the god ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... Delitzsch. ** Delitzsch conjectures that Ianzi, or Ianzu, had become a kind of proper
name, analogous to the term Pharaoh employed by the Egyptians. ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... altogether; For it is held a great abomination For them ... let you dwell in Goshen,
for Th' Egyptians do a ... fathers while we were at home Were shepherds all, and ...
/.../scriptural poems being several portions.htm

Subtopics

Shepherds

Shepherds of Christ As the Good Shepherd

Shepherds of God As Leader of Israel

Shepherds of Kings As the Leaders of the People

Shepherds of Ministers of the Gospel

Shepherds: (Ignorant and Foolish) of Bad Ministers

Shepherds: (Searching out Straying Sheep) Christ Seeking the Lost

Shepherds: (Their Care and Tenderness) Tenderness of Christ

Shepherds: An Abomination to the Egyptians

Shepherds: Care of the Sheep By, Exhibited in Attending Them when Sick

Shepherds: Care of the Sheep By, Exhibited in Defending Them when Attacked by Wild Beasts