1. Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen.
2. Five men also the last of his brethren, he presented before the king:
3. And he asked them: What is your occupation? They answered: Re thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
4. We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.
5. The king therefore said to Joseph: Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.
6. The land of Egypt is before thee: make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.