you shall say,'Your servantshave beenkeepersof livestockfrom our youtheven untilnow,bothwe and our fathers,'that you may livein the landof Goshen;for everyshepherdis loathsometo the Egyptians."
And there was strifebetweenthe herdsmenof Abram'slivestockand the herdsmenof Lot'slivestock.Now the Canaaniteand the Perizzitewere dwellingthenin the land.
So Abramsaidto Lot,"Pleaselet there be nostrifebetweenyou and me, nor betweenmy herdsmenand your herdsmen,for we are brothers.
the herdsmenof Gerarquarreledwith the herdsmenof Isaac,saying,"The wateris ours!" So he namedthe wellEsek,becausethey contendedwith him.
So he removedon that daythe stripedand spottedmalegoatsand allthe speckledand spottedfemalegoats,everyonewith whitein it, and allthe blackonesamong the sheep,and gavethem into the careof his sons.
Now Jacobheardthat he had defiledDinahhis daughter;but his sonswere with his livestockin the field,so Jacobkeptsilentuntilthey camein.
Then his brotherswentto pasturetheir father'sflockin Shechem.
Theseare [the records of] the generationsof Jacob.Joseph,when seventeenyearsof age,was pasturingthe flockwith his brotherswhile he was [still] a youth,along with the sonsof Bilhahand the sonsof Zilpah,his father'swives.And Josephbroughtback a badreportabout them to their father.
So they servedhim by himself,and them by themselves,and the Egyptianswho atewith him by themselves,becausethe Egyptianscouldnot eatbreadwith the Hebrews,for that is loathsometo the Egyptians.
"You shall livein the landof Goshen,and you shall be nearme, you and your childrenand your children'schildrenand your flocksand your herdsand allthat you have.
and takeyour fatherand your householdsand cometo me, and I will giveyou the bestof the landof Egyptand you will eatthe fatof the land.'
and the menare shepherds,for they have beenkeepersof livestock;and they have broughttheir flocksand their herdsand allthat they have.'
So Josephsettledhis fatherand his brothersand gavethem a possessionin the landof Egypt,in the bestof the land,in the landof Rameses,as Pharaohhad ordered.
Then Pharaohsaidto his brothers,"Whatis your occupation?"So they saidto Pharaoh,"Your servantsare shepherds,bothwe and our fathers."
They saidto Pharaoh,"We have cometo sojournin the land,for thereis nopasturefor your servants'flocks,for the famineis severein the landof Canaan.Now,therefore, pleaselet your servantslivein the landof Goshen."
"The landof Egyptis at your disposal;settleyour fatherand your brothersin the bestof the land,let them livein the landof Goshen;and ifyou knowanycapablemenamong them, then putthem in chargeof my livestock."
"But on that dayI will setapartthe landof Goshen,whereMy peopleare living,so that noswarmsof insects will be there,in orderthat you may knowthat I, the LORD,am in the midstof the land.
But Mosessaid,"It is not rightto doso,for we will sacrificeto the LORDour Godwhat is an abominationto the Egyptians.Ifwe sacrificewhat is an abominationto the Egyptiansbefore their eyes,will they not then stoneus?
