And they will say, Come, we will build to us a city, and a tower, its head to the heavens; and we will make to us a name, lest we shall be dispersed over the face of the earth.
Genesis 42:4 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And Benjamin, Josephs brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest harm should meet 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. |
And they will say, Come, we will build to us a city, and a tower, its head to the heavens; and we will make to us a name, lest we shall be dispersed over the face of the earth.
And Jehovah God will say, Lo, Adam became as one from us, to know good and evil: and now lest he shall send forth his hand and take also of the tree of lives, and eat, and live to eternity:
And he will say, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother died, and he alone was left: and harm meeting him in the way in which ye shall go, and ye bring down my old age with grief to hades.
And God Almighty will give to you mercy before the man, and send you your one brother and Benjamin: and when I was bereaved of children, I was bereaved of children.
And he will lift up his eyes and see his brother Benjamin, the son of his mother, and he will say, This your little brother of whom ye spake to me? and he will say, God will compassionate thee my son.