4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.


In Context

1 And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy grain for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt.

4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.

5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.

Genesis 42:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:4Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest Peradventure harm befall him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest perhaps mischief shall befall him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:4But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, |Lest perhaps harm happen to him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:4and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, 'Lest mischief meet him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brothers; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.