When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”
The famine was severe in the land.
and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’
If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food;
Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’
Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.
Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.