Genesis 42:1-5

1Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt. So he said to his sons, ‘There is no food here, so why are you just sitting there?

2I have heard that there is food in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us. Then we may continue to live and not die.’

3So ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy food.

4But Jacob did not send his youngest son, Benjamin, with them. Jacob was afraid that something bad might happen to Benjamin.

5Jacob's sons went to Egypt, as well as other people who went there to buy food. They all went to Egypt because there was a bad famine in Canaan.