They said, *Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.*
Genesis 42:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But Ya`akov didn't send Binyamin, Yosef's brother, with his brothers; for he said, *Lest perhaps harm happen to him.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him. Common English Bible 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 Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brothers, "Lest perhaps he may suffer harm on the journey." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey. |
They said, *Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.*
The LORD God said, *Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...*
He said, *My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to She'ol.*
May El Shaddai give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Binyamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.*
He lifted up his eyes, and saw Binyamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, *Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?* He said, *God be gracious to you, my son.*