I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Now go down and buy some, so we won't starve to death.”
Ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.
until finally, Jacob's family had eaten all the grain they had bought in Egypt. So Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy some more grain.”
Then Judah said to his father, “Let Benjamin go with me, and we will leave straight away, so that none of us will starve to death.
Now hurry back and tell my father that his son Joseph says, “God has made me ruler of Egypt. Come here as quickly as you can.
And so my life is safe, and I will live to tell what the LORD has done.
But the LORD watches over all who honour him and trust his kindness.
He protects them from death and starvation.
About this time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. So I went in and told him, “The LORD says you won't ever get well. You are going to die, and so you had better start doing what needs to be done.”
Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say: ‘No one can live only on food. People need every word that God has spoken.’ ”
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.