Genesis 42:1-8

Genesis 42:1-8

[1] Now when Jacob  saw  that there was  corn  in Egypt,  Jacob  said  unto his sons,  Why do ye look  [2] And he said,  Behold, I have heard  that there is  corn  in Egypt:  get you down  thither, and buy  for us from thence; that we may live,  and not die.  [3] And Joseph's  ten  brethren  went down  to buy  corn  in Egypt.  [4] But Benjamin,  Joseph's  brother,  Jacob  sent  not with his brethren;  for he said,  Lest peradventure  mischief  befall him.  [5] And the sons  of Israel  came  to buy  corn among  those that came:  for the famine  was in the land  of Canaan.  [6] And Joseph  was the governor  over the land,  and he it was that sold  to all the people  of the land:  and Joseph's  brethren  came,  and bowed down  themselves before him with their faces  to the earth.  [7] And Joseph  saw  his brethren,  and he knew  unto them, and spake  roughly  unto them; and he said  unto them, Whence  come  ye? And they said,  From the land  of Canaan  to buy  food.  [8] And Joseph  knew  his brethren,  but they knew