28 And he sent Judas before him to Joseph, that he might show the way to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen.

29 And Joseph harnessed his chariot, and rode out to meet Israel his father to Goshen, and when he saw him, he fell on his neck, and wept long on his neck.

30 And Israel said to Joseph, 'I will die now when I see your face, for you are still alive.'

31 And Joseph said to his brethren and to his father's house, 'I will go and tell Pharaoh, and I will say to him, 'My brethren and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;

32 These men are shepherds of sheep, for they are herdsmen; and their flocks and herds, and all that they had, they brought.

33 If Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?'

34 then you shall say, 'We thy servants have been herdsmen from our youth until now, and we and our fathers, that you may dwell in the land of Goshen.' For every shepherd of sheep is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Chapter 47

1 And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brethren, with their flocks and herds, and with all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

2 And of his brethren he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.

3 And Pharaoh said to his brethren, 'What is your occupation?' And they said to Pharaoh, The shepherds of the sheep are thy servants, and we and our fathers.

4 And they said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to dwell in this land, because there is no pasture for the cattle of your servants, for there is a great famine in the land of Canaan; therefore let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and your brothers have come to you;

6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best place of the earth shalt thou dwell thy father and thy brethren; let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are able men among them, make them overseers of my cattle.