Holy Scripture
Genesis 42:4
A church father on this verse
“Nor does everyone undertake this business matter, but only the sons of Jacob and only those sons of more mature age. Thus ten sons go, whereas the youngest son does not go. The father did not send him; else "infirmity may befall him." Benjamin, the youngest, was still subject to infirmity. Granted, [in] the name Benja…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4But Jacob sent not Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, with his brethren; for he said, Lest, haply, disease befall him.
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2Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.
3And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.
— Genesis 42:4 —
5And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.