² And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

⁸ Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

² And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

⁴ But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.

⁹ Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

¹⁷ Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

¹ In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.

⁴ But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.