Genesis 42:1-5

1When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”

2He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “What if some accident happens to him?”

5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.