So it shall be, when Pharaoh summons you and says, What is your occupation?

that you shall say, Your servants have been men of livestock 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.

Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was not a prophet, nor was I the son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and one gathering sycamore fruit.

And Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.

And they said to him, Please tell us on account of whom is this evil upon us? What is your occupation? And from where do you come? What is your land, and of what people are you?

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone does not desire to work, neither shall he eat.

And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel tended flocks, but Cain worked the ground.