Genesis 46:31-34

English Standard Version

³¹ Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, ^(A)“I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. ^32 (B)And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ ³³ When Pharaoh calls you and says, ^(C)‘What is your occupation?’ ³⁴ you shall say, ^(D)‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock ^(E)from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell ^(F)in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is ^(G)an abomination to the Egyptians.”