Genesis 46:28-34

English Standard Version

Jacob and Joseph Reunited

²⁸ He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came ^(A)into the land of Goshen. ²⁹ Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and ^(B)fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. ³⁰ Israel said to Joseph, ^(C)“Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” ³¹ Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, ^(D)“I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. ^32 (E)And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ ³³ When Pharaoh calls you and says, ^(F)‘What is your occupation?’ ³⁴ you shall say, ^(G)‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock ^(H)from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell ^(I)in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is ^(J)an abomination to the Egyptians.”