Genesis 46:33-34
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.”
Amos 7:14-15
7:14 Amos replied to Amaziah, “I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.
7:15 Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’
Jonah 1:8
1:8 They said to him, “Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us?
What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?”
Jonah 1:2
1:2 “Go immediately
to Nineveh,
that
large capital
city,
and announce judgment against
its people
because their wickedness
has come to my attention.”
Jonah 3:10
3:10 When God saw their actions – they turned
from their evil way of living!
– God relented concerning the judgment
he had threatened them with
and he did not destroy them.