Genesis 42:4
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.”
שָׁלַח
To send. Shalach. God sent His Son. He still sends people today. You are sent. Every believer is a sent one carrying His authority.
יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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בִּנְיָמִין
Benjamin
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בִּנְיָמִין
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
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פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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קָרָא
it should happen to/ him
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קָרָא
to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
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יַעֲקֹב
Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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