Genesis 46:32-36

and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

When Pharaoh calls for you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’

you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock since our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”