³⁴ You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

³² And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder.

²⁶ And Moses said, It is not right to do so; for we make our offerings of that to which the Egyptians give worship; and if we do so before their eyes, certainly we will be stoned.

¹² Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

³² And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

³⁵ So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;

⁵ Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

¹⁰ The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have: