1. The famine was severe in the land.
2. When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, Israel said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
3. Judah said to him, “The man gave us a severe warning: ‘You won’t be allowed to see me again unless your brother is with you.’
4. If you let our brother go with us, we’ll go and buy food for you.
5. If you won’t let him go, we won’t go. The man said to us, ‘You won’t be allowed to see me again unless your brother is with you.’ ”