Genesis 42:1-7 ▼

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.”

5 And they entered into the land of Egypt with the others who traveled to buy. For the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and grain was sold under his direction to the people. And when his brothers had reverenced him

7 and he had recognized them, he spoke harshly, as if to foreigners, questioning them: “Where did you come from?” And they responded, “From the land of Canaan, to buy necessary provisions.”