Genesis 47:2-4

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² Joseph ·chose [took] five of his brothers to ·introduce [present] to ·the king [^LPharaoh].

³ ·The king [^LPharaoh] said to his brothers, “What work do you do?”

And they said to him, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just as our ·ancestors [fathers] were.” ⁴ They said to ·the king [^LPharaoh], “We have come to ·live [sojourn; reside as aliens] in this land, because there is no ·grass in the land of Canaan for our animals to eat [^Lpasturage for the flocks of your servants], and the ·hunger [famine] is ·terrible [severe; heavy] there. So please allow ·us [^Lyour servants] to live in the land of Goshen.”