Genesis 42:4
But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- פֵּןpênproperly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
- אָסוֹןʼâçôwnhurt
- בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- יוֹסֵףYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven Israelites
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- שָׁלַחshâlachto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 42:38, Gen 3:22, Gen 33:1–2, Gen 43:29, Gen 35:16–19, Gen 11:4, Gen 43:14, Gen 44:27–34