"But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.
Strong's Concordance
Original word: στοιβάς
Transliteration: stoibas
Definition (short): branch
Definition (full): branch
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From a primary steibo (to "step" or "stamp"); a spread (as if tramped flat) of loose materials for a couch, i.e. (by implication) a bough of a tree so employed -- branch.