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Genesis 42:4

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42:4But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers,7 for he said,8 “What if some accident9 happens10 to him?”

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  1. 7 Heb “But Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, Jacob did not send with his brothers.” The disjunctive clause highlights the contrast between Benjamin and the other ten.
  2. 8 The Hebrew verb אָמַר (’amar, “to say”) could also be translated “thought” (i.e., “he said to himself”) here, giving Jacob’s reasoning rather than spoken words.
  3. 9 The Hebrew noun אָסוֹן (’ason) is a rare word meaning “accident, harm.” Apart from its use in these passages it occurs in Exodus 21:22–23 of an accident to a pregnant woman. The term is a rather general one, but Jacob was no doubt thinking of his loss of Joseph.
  4. 10 Heb “encounters.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, “Something might happen to him.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But Jacob wouldn’t let Joseph’s younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might come to him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, with his brothers, for he feared harm would come to him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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