1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why are you staring blankly at each other?
2 I’ve just heard that there’s grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we can survive and not starve to death."
3 So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
4 However, Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin along with his brothers because he thought something bad might happen to him.
5 Israel’s sons came to buy grain with others who also came since the famine had spread to the land of Canaan.