29. Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.
30. Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
31. Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "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. 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.'