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


In Context

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you just keep looking at each other?"

2 He continued, "I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."

3 Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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

5 So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.

6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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