² 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.”

⁶ Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment,^{(A) 7} for we brought nothing into the world, so that^[a] we can take nothing out of it, ⁸ but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

⁸ And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.^(A)

²⁰ They said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food,^(A)

⁴ If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food,

Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

42 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at one another?^{(A) 2} I have heard,” he said, “that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”^(B)