4. Jacob wouldn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with the other brothers, because he was afraid that something would happen to him.
5. Israel’s sons left with the others who were going to buy grain, because there was also famine in Canaan.
6. As governor of the country, Joseph was selling grain to everyone. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed in front of him with their faces touching the ground.
7. As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he acted as if he didn’t know them and spoke harshly to them. “Where did you come from?” he asked them.“From Canaan, to buy food,” they answered.
8. Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn’t recognize him.
9. Then he remembered the dreams he once had about them. “You’re spies!” he said to them, “And you’ve come to find out where our country is unprotected.”
10. “No, sir!” they answered him. “We’ve come to buy food.