Gen 4:2, 31:18, 37:2, 47:3, Exo 3:1, 1Sa 16:11, 17:15, Psa 78:70-72 | ESV | STEP | And again , she bore his brother Abel . Now Abel was a keeper of sheep , and Cain a worker of the ground .

Genesis 4:2

2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.

Genesis 31:18

18 He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in ^aPaddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

Genesis 37:2

2 These are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought ^ba bad report of them to their father.

Genesis 47:3

3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, ^c“What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, ^d“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 ^emountain of God.

1 Samuel 16:11

11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, ^f“There remains yet the youngest, ^{▼▼Or smallest} but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, ^h“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

1 Samuel 17:15

15 but David went back and forth from Saul ⁱto feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

Psalms 78:70-72

70 He ^jchose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from ^kfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to ^lshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his ^minheritance.
72 With ⁿupright heart he shepherded them
and ^oguided them with his skillful hand.