28 Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to aGoshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

29 Joseph 1prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared 2before him, he fell on his neck and awept on his neck a long time.

30 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “aI will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;

32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been 1keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

33 “When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘aWhat is your occupation?’

34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been 1akeepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you may 2live in the land of bGoshen; for every shepherd is 3cloathsome to the Egyptians.”

Chapter 47

Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen

1 Then aJoseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of bGoshen.”

2 He took five men from among his brothers and apresented them to Pharaoh.

3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “aWhat is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are bshepherds, both we and our fathers.”

4 They said to Pharaoh, “aWe have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for bthe famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants 1clive in the land of Goshen.”

5 Then Pharaoh said to 1Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

6 “The land of Egypt is 1at your disposal; 2settle your father and your brothers in athe best of the land, let them 3live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any bcapable men among them, then 4put them in charge of my livestock.”

7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and 1presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob ablessed Pharaoh.

8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many 1years have you lived?”

9 So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The 1ayears of my sojourning are one hundred and 2thirty; few and 3unpleasant have been the 1years of my life, nor have they 4attained bthe 1years 5that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.”

10 And Jacob ablessed Pharaoh, and went out from 1his presence.

11 So Joseph 1settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in athe best of the land, in the land of bRameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.

12 Joseph aprovided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with 1food, according to their little ones.