Genesis 47:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² He selected five of his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.

³ Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What work do you do?”

They answered Pharaoh, “We shepherd the flocks of your servants, just as our fathers did.” ⁴ They went on to tell Pharaoh, “We came to sojourn in this land because there were no more pastures for the flocks of your servants. The famine is terrible in the land of Canaan. Please allow your servants to dwell in the land of Goshen.”