Genesis 42:5-7

New Century Version

⁵ Along with many other people, the sons of Israel^[a] went to Egypt to buy grain, because the people in the land of Canaan were also hungry.

⁶ Now Joseph was governor over Egypt. He was the one who sold the grain to people who came to buy it. So Joseph’s brothers came to him and bowed facedown on the ground before him. ⁷ When Joseph saw his brothers, he knew who they were, but he acted as if he didn’t know them. He asked unkindly, “Where do you come from?”

They answered, “We have come from the land of Canaan to buy food.”