Genesis 47:2-4

Good News Translation

² He then presented his brothers to the king. ³ The king asked them, “What is your occupation?”

“We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were,” they answered. ⁴ “We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen.”