Genesis 46:31-32 - Exposition

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up (employed in Genesis 46:29 to describe a journey from the interior of the country to the desert, or Canaan, the verb עָלַה is here used in a courtly sense to signify a visit to a sovereign or superior), and show Pharaoh (literally, relate, or tell, to Pharaoh ) , and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; and the men are shepherds (literally, keepers of flocks ) , for their trade hath been to feed cattle (literally, they are men of cattle ); and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.