So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

But they exclaimed, ¹  “No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down ¹  the first time ²  to buy food.

“Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

People will curse ¹  the one who withholds grain, ²  but they will praise ³  the one who sells it. ⁴ 

People from every country ¹  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, ¹  for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

If you send ¹  our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

You may purchase ¹  food to eat and water to drink from them.

Sell me food for cash ¹  so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. ²  Just allow me to go through on foot,

We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, ¹  a pair of sandals ²  for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!” ³ 

“Hey, ¹  all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! ² 

While the famine was over all the earth, ¹  Joseph opened the storehouses ²  and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us ¹  so that we may live ²  and not die.” ³ 

Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. ¹  Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down ²  before him with ³  their faces to the ground.

When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

You say, “When will the new moon festival ¹  be over, ²  so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, ³  so we can open up the grain bins? ⁴  We’re eager ⁵  to sell less for a higher price, ⁶  and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! ⁷ 

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger ¹  to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, “Where do you come from?” They answered, ²  “From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.” ³ 

Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment ¹  for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace. ²