Genesis 30:29-31
30:29 “You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied, “and how well your livestock have fared under my care.
30:30 Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”
30:31 So Laban asked, “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied, “but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:
Genesis 37:13
37:13 Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers
are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” “I’m ready,”
Joseph replied.
Genesis 46:32-34
46:32 The men are shepherds;
they take care of livestock.
They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
46:33 Pharaoh will summon you and say, ‘What is your occupation?’
46:34 Tell him, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle
from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen,
for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting
to the Egyptians.”
Genesis 47:3
47:3 Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”
Exodus 3:1
3:1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Psalms 78:70-72
78:70 He chose David, his servant,
and took him from the sheepfolds.
78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep,
and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,
and of Israel, his chosen nation.
78:72 David cared for them with pure motives;
he led them with skill.
Amos 7:15
7:15 Then the
Lord took me from tending
flocks and gave me this commission,
‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’