<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time Judah left<n id="1" /> his brothers and stayed<n id="2" /> with an Adullamite man<n id="3" /> named Hirah.p>

He then said, &#8220;Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us<n id="1" /> so that we may live<n id="2" /> and not die.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

But if you will not send him, we won&#8217;t go down there because the man said to us, &#8216;You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt<n id="1" /> and stood before Joseph.

But you said to your servants, &#8216;If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.&#8217;

If you take<n id="1" /> this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair<n id="2" /> in tragedy<n id="3" /> to the grave.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

When he sees the boy is not with us,<n id="1" /> he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

So tell<n id="1" /> my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

He said, &#8220;I am God,<n id="1" /> the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there.<n id="1" /> Joseph will close your eyes.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Before I finished praying in my heart,<n id="1" /> along came Rebekah<n id="2" /> with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, &#8216;Please give me a drink.&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up<n id="1" /> and saw<n id="2" /> a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">They replied, &#8220;The man questioned us<n id="1" /> thoroughly<n id="2" /> about ourselves and our family, saying, &#8216;Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?&#8217;<n id="3" /> So we answered him in this way.<n id="4" /> How could we possibly know<n id="5" /> that he would say,<n id="6" /> &#8216;Bring your brother down&#8217;?&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then their father Israel said to them, &#8220;If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man &#8211; a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Now go up to my father quickly<n id="1" /> and tell him, &#8216;This is what your son Joseph says: &#8220;God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!