New Living Translation

Genesis 47:2-6 New Living Translation (NLT)

2. Joseph took five of his brothers with him and presented them to Pharaoh.

3. And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”They replied, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just like our ancestors.

4. We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region of Goshen.”

5. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have joined you here,

6. choose any place in the entire land of Egypt for them to live. Give them the best land of Egypt. Let them live in the region of Goshen. And if any of them have special skills, put them in charge of my livestock, too.”