約瑟從弟兄中帶了五個人去見法老。 法老問他們:「你們做什麼工作?」他們回答說:「僕人們祖祖輩輩都是牧羊的。 迦南的饑荒很嚴重,羊群沒有草吃,所以我們到這裡來寄居,求你准許僕人們住在歌珊。」

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He chose five of his brothers and presented them(A) before Pharaoh.

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”(B)

“Your servants(C) are shepherds,(D)” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.” They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while,(E) because the famine is severe in Canaan(F) and your servants’ flocks have no pasture.(G) So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”(H)

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