New Living Translation

Genesis 46:30-34 New Living Translation (NLT)

30. Finally, Jacob said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen your face again and know you are still alive.”

31. And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s entire family, “I will go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father’s entire family have come to me from the land of Canaan.

32. These men are shepherds, and they raise livestock. They have brought with them their flocks and herds and everything they own.’”

33. Then he said, “When Pharaoh calls for you and asks you about your occupation,

34. you must tell him, ‘We, your servants, have raised livestock all our lives, as our ancestors have always done.’ When you tell him this, he will let you live here in the region of Goshen, for the Egyptians despise shepherds.”