1. The famine was very bad in that country.
2. The people ate all the grain they had brought from Egypt. When that grain was gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go to Egypt and buy some more grain for us to eat.”
3. But Judah said to Jacob, “But the governor of that country warned us. He said, ‘If you don’t bring your brother back to me, I will refuse to talk to you.’
4. If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy grain.
5. But if you refuse to send Benjamin, we will not go. The man warned us to not come back without him.”
6. Israel said, “Why did you tell him you had another brother? Why did you do such a bad thing to me?”
21-22. On the way home, we opened our sacks and found our money in every sack. We don’t know how it got there, but we brought that money with us to give it back to you. And we have brought more money to pay for the food that we want to buy this time.”