Genesis 42:1-4 ▼

1 Then Jacob, hearing that food was being sold in Egypt, said to his sons: “Why are you negligent?

2 I have heard that wheat is being sold in Egypt. Go down and buy necessities for us, so that we may be able to live, and not be consumed by destitution.”

3 And so, when ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain in Egypt,

4 Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brothers, “Lest perhaps he may suffer harm on the journey.”