3. The king said to the brothers, “What work do you do?”And they said to him, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”
4. They said to the king, “We have come to live in this land, because there is no grass in the land of Canaan for our animals to eat, and the hunger is terrible there. So please allow us to live in the land of Goshen.”
5. Then the king said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,
6. and you may choose any place in Egypt for them to live. Give your father and your brothers the best land; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if any of them are skilled shepherds, put them in charge of my sheep and cattle.”
7. Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and introduced him to the king, and Jacob blessed the king.
8. Then the king said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
9. Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”