Genesis 47:3-5

New Catholic Bible

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.”

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