And Israel said unto Ioseph: Now I am content to die,
insomuch I have seen thee, that thou art yet alive. And Ioseph
said unto his brethren and unto his father's house: I will go and
shew Pharao and tell him: that my brethren and my father's house
which were in the land of Canaan are come unto me, and how they
are shepherds (for they were men of cattle) and they have brought
their sheep and their oxen and all that they have with them. If
Pharao call you and ask you what your occupation is, say: thy
servants have been occupied about cattle, from our childhood unto
this time: both we and our fathers, that ye may dwell in the land
of Gosan. For an abomination unto the Egyptians are all that feed
sheep. {For the Egyptians abhor all shepherds.}
Chapter .xlvij.
And Ioseph went and told Pharao and said: my father and my
brethren their sheep and their beasts and all that they have, are
come out of the land of Canaan and are in the land of Gosan. And
Ioseph took a part of his brethren: even five of them, and
presented them unto Pharao. And Pharao said unto his brethren:
what is your occupation? And they said unto Pharao: feeders of
sheep {shepherds} are thy servants, both we and also our fathers.
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