^4 (A)I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely ^(B)bring you up again; and ^(C)Joseph ^[a]will put his hand on your eyes.”

¹⁹ The ^(A)sons of Rachel, ^(B)Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin. ^20 (C)And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

²⁷ And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. ^(A)All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

Jacob Settles in Goshen

²⁸ Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, ^(B)to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came ^(C)to the land of Goshen. ²⁹ So Joseph made ready his ^(D)chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and ^(E)fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

³⁰ And Israel said to Joseph, ^(F)“Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”

³¹ Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, ^(G)“I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. ³² And the men are ^(H)shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.’ ³³ So it shall be, when Pharaoh calls you and says, ^(I)‘What is your occupation?’ ³⁴ that you shall say, ‘Your servants’ ^(J)occupation has been with livestock ^(K)from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is ^(L)an^[a] abomination to the Egyptians.”