The famine affected even Jacob and his family, so one day he told his sons to travel to Egypt to buy grain (Genesis 42:1-2).
Jakobe yo o tsofetseng o ne a utlwela gore go na le dijo tsa ditlhaka kwa Egepeto, ka jalo a roma bomorwawe gore ba ye go reka dijo gone. - Genesise 42:1, 2.