Génesis 42:4

4 Pero Jacob no dejó que Benjamín, el hermano de José, se fuera con ellos porque pensó que podría sucederle alguna desgracia.

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 He sabido que hay alimento en Egipto. Vayan allá y compren comida para nosotros, para que no muramos, sino que podamos sobrevivir».

3 Diez de los hermanos de José fueron a Egipto a comprar alimento.

4 Pero Jacob no dejó que Benjamín, el hermano de José, se fuera con ellos porque pensó que podría sucederle alguna desgracia.

5 Fue así como los hijos de Israel fueron a comprar alimento, al igual que otros, porque el hambre se había apoderado de Canaán.

6 José era el gobernador del país, y el que vendía trigo a todo el mundo. Cuando sus hermanos llegaron ante él, se postraron rostro en tierra.