Genesis 42:4 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But Benjamin, Joseph's [full] brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps some harm or injury should befall him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ However, Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin along with his brothers because he thought something bad might happen to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brothers, "Lest perhaps he may suffer harm on the journey."

Genesis 42:4 Cross References

Genesis 11:4

And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous, before we be scattered abroad into all lands.

Genesis 3:22

And he said: Behold, Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.

Genesis 35:24

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 42:3

So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

Genesis 42:38

But he said: My son shall not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell.

Genesis 43:14

And may my almighty God make him favourable to you; and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin. And as for me I shall be desolate without children.

Genesis 43:29

And Joseph, lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin his brother, by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.