Gênesis 42:4

4 Mas a Benjamim, irmão de José, não enviou Jacó com os seus irmãos, pois disse: Para que, porventura, não lhe suceda algum desastre.

Gênesis 42:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:4

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his
brethren
Benjamin is called Joseph's brother, because he was so both by father and mother's side, as the rest were not; him Jacob kept with him, being the youngest and his darling, the only son he had with him of his beloved wife Rachel; and was very probably the more beloved by him since he had been bereft of Joseph; and it was not only to keep him company that he retained him at home, but for the reason following: for he said, lest peradventure mischief befall him;
as had to Joseph his brother, as he imagined; either that the journey would be too much for him, being young, or lest he should be seized with sickness on the road, or rather with death, as Aben Ezra interprets it according to the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan.

Gênesis 42:4 In-Context

2 Disse mais: Tenho ouvido que há trigo no Egito; descei até lá, e de lá comprai-o para nós, a fim de que vivamos e não morramos.

3 Então desceram os dez irmãos de José, para comprarem trigo no Egito.

4 Mas a Benjamim, irmão de José, não enviou Jacó com os seus irmãos, pois disse: Para que, porventura, não lhe suceda algum desastre.

5 Assim entre os que iam lá, foram os filhos de Israel para comprar, porque havia fome na terra de Canaã.

6 José era o governador da terra; era ele quem vendia a todo o povo da terra; e vindo os irmãos de José, prostraram-se diante dele com o rosto em terra.