Genesis 46:31-33

Contemporary English Version

³¹ Then Joseph said to his brothers and to everyone who had come with them:

I must go and tell the king^[a] that you have arrived from Canaan. ³² I will tell him that you are shepherds and that you have brought your sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else you own. ³³ The king will call you in and ask what you do for a living.