1 When Jacob found out there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you just sitting here, staring at one another?
2 I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down and buy some, so we won't starve to death.”
3 Ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.
4 But Jacob did not send Joseph's younger brother Benjamin with them; he was afraid that something might happen to him.
5 So Jacob's sons joined others from Canaan who were going to Egypt because of the terrible famine.
6 Since Joseph was governor of Egypt and in charge of selling grain, his brothers came to him and bowed with their faces to the ground.