1. So Joseph took five of his brothers and went to the king. He said, “My father and my brothers have come from Canaan with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own. They are now in the region of Goshen.”
2. He then presented his brothers to the king.
3. The king asked them, “What is your occupation?”“We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were,” they answered.
4. “We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen.”
5. The king said to Joseph, “Now that your father and your brothers have arrived,
6. the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
7. Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,
8. and the king asked him, “How old are you?”
9. Jacob answered, “My life of wandering has lasted 130 years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings.”
10. Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.