Gen 30:29-31, 37:13, 46:32-34, 47:3, Exo 3:1, Psa 78:70-72, Amo 7:15 | ESV | STEP | Jacob said to him, You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me.

29 Jacob said to him, ^a“You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me. 30 For you had little before I came, ^band it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I ^cprovide for my own household also?” 31 He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it:

Genesis 37:13

13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

Genesis 46:32-34

32 ^dAnd the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ^e‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, ^f‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock ^gfrom our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell ^hin the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is ⁱan abomination to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 47:3

3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, ^j“What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, ^k“Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

Exodus 3:1

The Burning Bush

1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the ^lmountain of God.

Psalms 78:70-72

70 He ^mchose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from ⁿfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to ^oshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his ^pinheritance.
72 With ^qupright heart he shepherded them
and ^rguided them with his skillful hand.

Amos 7:15

15 ^sBut the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’