Genesis 42:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 42:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בִּנְיָמִין֙
Binyâmîyn
H1144
Benjamin
אֲחִ֣י
ʼâch
H251
brother
יוֹסֵ֔ף
Yôwçêph
H3130
Joseph
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
שָׁלַ֥ח
shâlach
H7971
to send
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
אֶת
ʼêth
H854
with
אֶחָ֑יו
ʼâch
H251
brother
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אָמַ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
פֶּן
pên
H6435
lest
יִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּ
qârâʼ
H7122
to meet
אָסֽוֹן
ʼâçôwn
H611
evil
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."
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King James Version Public Domain
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, with his brothers, because he said, “So that harm does not meet him!”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).