Genesis 47:3-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

³ Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What kind of work do you do?”

They answered Pharaoh, “We are shepherds, as were our ancestors. ⁴ We have come to live in this land for a while. The famine is so severe in Canaan that there’s no pasture for our flocks. So please let us live in Goshen.”

⁵ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.