Génesis 42:4

4 Pero a Benjamín, hermano de José, Jacob no lo envió con sus hermanos, porque dijo: No sea que le suceda algo malo.

Génesis 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.

Génesis 42:4 In-Context

2 Y dijo: He aquí, he oído que hay alimento en Egipto; descended allá, y comprad de allí un poco para nosotros, para que vivamos y no muramos.

3 Entonces diez hermanos de José descendieron para comprar grano en Egipto.

4 Pero a Benjamín, hermano de José, Jacob no lo envió con sus hermanos, porque dijo: No sea que le suceda algo malo.

5 Y fueron los hijos de Israel con los que iban a comprar grano, pues también había hambre en la tierra de Canaán.

6 Y José era el que mandaba en aquella tierra; él era quien vendía a todo el pueblo de la tierra. Y llegaron los hermanos de José y se postraron ante él rostro en tierra.