King James Version
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.(Genesis 41:57)
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?(Genesis 42:1)
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.(Genesis 42:2)
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.(Genesis 42:4)
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.(Genesis 42:5)
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.(Genesis 42:6)

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Genesis 42:3 - Cross Reference

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. (Genesis 42:13)
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. (Genesis 42:5)