1. Now the famine in the land was severe.
2. And it happened that as they finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt their father said to them, “Return and buy a little food for us.”
3. Then Judah said to him, “The man solemnly admonished us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4. If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you,
5. but if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ”