Genesis 42:4
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Context
This verse from Genesis Chapter 42 connects to 10 cross-references. Famine strikes Canaan, and Jacob sends ten of his sons to Egypt to buy grain; Benjamin stays home. Joseph recognizes his brothers but they do not recognize him; he accuses them of being spies and imprisons Simeon as a hostage …
תרגומים נוספים
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.
and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.
הפניות צולבות
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see …
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his …
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, …
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger …
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If …
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left …
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.
And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and …
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.