Genesis 43:2

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And when they had eaten up the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again; buy us a little more food.”

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Now the famine was severe in the land.

They said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food,

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food,

And when our father said, ‘Go again; buy us a little food,’

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.