Genesis 42:4 meaning and explanation
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
Genesis 42:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob has already lost Joseph, whom he believes dead, so he keeps Benjamin, the remaining son of his beloved Rachel, close at hand. The famine forces ten sons to Egypt, but Jacob will not risk the youngest.
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