²⁸ He^[a] had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to appear before him^[b] in Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen. ²⁹ Then Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell upon his neck and wept upon his neck a long time. ³⁰ Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die since I have seen your face, for you are still alive.” ³¹ Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and report to Pharaoh, and I will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me. ³² And the men are shepherds, for they are men of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their cattle and all that they have.’ ³³ And it shall be that when Pharaoh calls you he will say, ‘What is your occupation?’ ³⁴ Then you must say, ‘You servants are men of livestock from our childhood until now, both we and also our ancestors,’^[c] so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is a detestable thing to Egyptians.”