Genesis 42:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ Jacob did not send Benjamin. (Benjamin was Joseph’s only full brother. [243])Jacob was afraid that something bad might happen to Benjamin.

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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

Then the people said, “We should build a city for ourselves. And we should build a tower that will reach to the sky. We will be famous. {And this will keep us together.} We will not be scattered all over the earth.”

Genesis 3:22

The Lord God said, “Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever.”

Genesis 35:24

Jacob and Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 42:3

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”

Genesis 43:14

I pray that God All-Powerful will help you when you stand before the governor. I pray that he will let Benjamin, and also Simeon, come back safely. If not, I will again be sad from losing my son.”

Genesis 43:29

Then Joseph saw his brother, Benjamin. (Benjamin and Joseph had the same mother.) Joseph said, “Is this your youngest brother that you told me about?” Then Joseph said to Benjamin, “God bless you, my son!”