Genesis 43:1-2

"And the famine was sore in the land. And it came to pass when they had eaten up the grain they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food."

This entire experience of God's people was, "as much of a testing of Jacob because of his favoritism as it was of the sons because of their evil deeds."[3] It is not until Genesis 43:14 that Jacob decides to rely upon God, instead of his own devices and precautions. Until that time, he was centering his thoughts upon the dangers and difficulties, NOT the providence of God.