Genesis 46:31-34

31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;

32and 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.’

33And it shall be that when Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’

34you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers [before us],’ in order that you may live [separately and securely] in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is repulsive to the Egyptians.”