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were deserving enough; but such preferments would have exposed them to the envy of the Egyptians, and would have tempted them to forget Canaan and the promise made unto their fathers; therefore he contrives to continue them in their old employment. Note,
(1.) An honest calling is no disparagement, nor ought we to account it so either in ourselves or in our relations, but rather reckon it a shame to be idle, or to have nothing to do.
(2.) It is generally best for people to abide in the callings that they have been bred to, and used to, 1Co 7:24. Whatever employment or condition God, in his providence, has allotted for us, let us accommodate ourselves to it, and satisfy ourselves with it, and not mind high things. It is better to be the credit of a mean post than the shame of a high one.
32 and the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle;
and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall
say, what is your occupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from
our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Genesis -47
1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, my father and my
brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
The respect which Joseph, as a subject,
showed to his prince. Though he was his
favourite, and prime-minister of state, and had