Genesis 42:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ Along with many other people, the sons of Israel [^CJacob’s other name] went to Egypt to buy grain, because ·the people in the land of Canaan were also hungry [^Lthere was famine in the land of Canaan].

⁶ Now Joseph was ·governor [administrator] over ·Egypt [^Lthe land]. He was the one who sold the grain to people ·who came to buy it [^Lof the land/earth]. So Joseph’s brothers came to him and bowed facedown on the ground before him. ⁷ When Joseph saw his brothers, he ·knew who they were [recognized them], but he ·acted as if he didn’t know them [treated them as strangers/foreigners]. He asked ·unkindly [harshly], “Where do you come from?”

They answered, “We have come from the land of Canaan to buy food.”