42 Forsooth Jacob heard that foods were sold in Egypt, and he said to his sons, Why be ye negligent?

² I [have] heard that wheat is sold in Egypt; go ye down, and buy ye necessaries to us, that we may live, and be not wasted by neediness. (I have heard that corn, or grain, is being sold in Egypt; go ye down there, and buy ye the necessities for us, so that we can live, and not be destroyed by this famine.)

³ Therefore ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy wheat in Egypt, (And so ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy corn, or grain, in Egypt,)