Genesis 42:1-4 ▼

1 When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing around looking at one another?

2 I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we’ll die.”

3 So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.

4 But Jacob wouldn’t let Joseph’s younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might come to him.