Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers have come from the land of Canaan, with their flocks and herds and everything else they own; and they are now in the region of Goshen.”

He then presented to Pharaoh five of his brothers whom he had selected from their full number.

When Pharaoh asked them, “What is your occupation?” they answered, “We, your servants, like our ancestors, are shepherds.

We have come,” they continued, “in order to sojourn in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, because the famine has been severe in the land of Canaan. So now please let your servants settle in the region of Goshen.”

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and your brothers have come to you, the land of Egypt is at your disposal; settle your father and brothers in the pick of the land. Let them settle in the region of Goshen. And if you know of capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Then Pharaoh asked Jacob, “How many years have you lived?”

Jacob replied: “The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers.”

Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and withdrew from his presence.

Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them a holding in Egypt on the pick of the land, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.

And Joseph provided food for his father and brothers and his father’s whole household, down to the youngest.