Genesis 46
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Genesis 46:28-34

28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

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

32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

33Pharaoh will summon you and say, ‘What is your occupation?’

34Tell him, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians.”

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