Gênesis 42:4

4 Jacó não deixou que Benjamim, irmão de José, fosse com eles, temendo que algum mal lhe acontecesse.

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 ainda: “Ouvi dizer que há trigo no Egito. Desçam até lá e comprem trigo para nós, para que possamos continuar vivos e não morramos de fome”.

3 Assim dez dos irmãos de José desceram ao Egito para comprar trigo.

4 Jacó não deixou que Benjamim, irmão de José, fosse com eles, temendo que algum mal lhe acontecesse.

5 Os filhos de Israel estavam entre outros que também foram comprar trigo, por causa da fome na terra de Canaã.

6 José era o governador do Egito e era ele que vendia trigo a todo o povo da terra. Por isso, quando os irmãos de José chegaram, curvaram-se diante dele com o rosto em terra.