Genesis 42: 1-3: “Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 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. And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.”
Jacob didn’t even know that he was in trouble while God was working though his plan to save Jacob and his family. However, it finally dawned on Jacob that there wasn’t enough food to eat and he knew that there was food in Egypt. Jacob was a wealthy man because God kept the promise that He made to Abraham so he was able to buy food when he needed it. He sent his ten older sons down to Egypt to buy the food so that they would have enough to feed the family. Jacob kept his youngest son, Benjamin, back because he didn’t want to risk losing the second son of his favourite wife.
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