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Genesis 42

Gen. 42:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Benjamin
Binyamiyn (Hebrew #1144)
son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Benjamin.
Pronounce: bin-yaw-mene'
Origin: from 1121 and 3225
, Joseph’s
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
not with his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
; for he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Lest peradventure
pen (Hebrew #6435)
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
KJV usage: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
Pronounce: pane
Origin: from 6437
mischief
'acown (Hebrew #611)
hurt
KJV usage: mischief.
Pronounce: aws-sone'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
u befall him
qara' (Hebrew #7122)
a primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
KJV usage: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
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Gen. 42:38• 38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Gen. 42:38)

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Cross References

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Benjamin.
Gen. 35:16‑19• 16And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
 17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
 18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
 19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. (Gen. 35:16‑19)
Lest.
Gen. 42:38• 38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Gen. 42:38)
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Gen. 3:22• 22And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: (Gen. 3:22)
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Gen. 11:4• 4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. (Gen. 11:4)
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Gen. 33:1‑2• 1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
 2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. (Gen. 33:1‑2)
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Gen. 43:14,29• 14And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
 29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. (Gen. 43:14,29)
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Gen. 44:20‑22,27‑34• 20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
 21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
 22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
 27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
 28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
 29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
 30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
 31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
 32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
 33Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
 34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. (Gen. 44:20‑22,27‑34)

J. N. Darby Translation

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