30 Jacob said to Joseph, “Now that I have seen you and know you are still alive, I am ready to die.”
31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to everyone who had come with them:I must go and tell the king that you have arrived from Canaan.
32 I will tell him that you are shepherds and that you have brought your sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else you own.
33 The king will call you in and ask what you do for a living.
34 When he does, be sure to say, “We are shepherds. Our families have always raised sheep.” If you tell him this, he will let you settle in the region of Goshen.Joseph wanted them to say this to the king, because the Egyptians did not like to be around anyone who raised sheep.