Genesis 42:4
Genesis 42:4 King James Version (KJV)
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis 42:3-5 The Message (MSG)
Ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to Egypt to get food. Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with them; he was afraid that something bad might happen to him. So Israel’s sons joined everyone else that was going to Egypt to buy food, for Canaan, too, was hit hard by the famine.
Genesis 42:4 King James Version (KJV)
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis 42:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm may befall him.”
Genesis 42:4 New Century Version (NCV)
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with them, because he was afraid that something terrible might happen to him.
Genesis 42:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.
Genesis 42:4 New International Version (NIV)
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
Genesis 42:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some calamity befall him.”
Genesis 42:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that some harm or injury may come to him.”
Genesis 42:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
But Jacob wouldn’t let Joseph’s younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might come to him.