1 When Jacob found out that grain was for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?
2 I’ve heard there’s grain for sale in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so that we won’t starve to death.”
3 Ten of Joseph’s brothers went to buy grain in Egypt.
4 Jacob wouldn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with the other brothers, because he was afraid that something would happen to him.
5 Israel’s sons left with the others who were going to buy grain, because there was also famine in Canaan.
6 As governor of the country, Joseph was selling grain to everyone. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed in front of him with their faces touching the ground.