Genesis 46:34
34Tell him, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle ▼▼tn Heb “your servants are men of cattle.”
from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen, ▼▼sn So that you may live in the land of Goshen. Joseph is apparently trying to stress to Pharaoh that his family is self-sufficient, that they will not be a drain on the economy of Egypt. But they will need land for their animals and so Goshen, located on the edge of Egypt, would be a suitable place for them to live. The settled Egyptians were uneasy with nomadic people, but if Jacob and his family settled in Goshen they would represent no threat.
for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting ▼ to the Egyptians.”
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