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Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to ^(F1)guide him to ^(C1)Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

And Joseph ^(F1)prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared to him, Joseph threw himself on his neck and ^(C1)wept on his neck a long time.

Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."

But Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "^(C1)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;

and the men are shepherds, for they have been ^(F1)keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.'

"When Pharaoh calls for you and says, '^(C1)What is your occupation?'

you shall say, 'Your servants have been ^(F1)(C1)keepers of livestock since our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' so that you may live in the land of ^(C2)Goshen; for every shepherd is an ^(C3)abomination to the Egyptians."