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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ואת בנימין אחי יוסף לא שלח יעקב את אחיו כי אמר פן יקראנו אסון
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vAt bnymyn AKHy yvsp lA SHlKH y`qb At AKHyv ky Amr pn yqrAnv Asvn

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
Beniamin domi retento ab Iacob qui dixerat fratribus eius ne forte in itinere quicquam patiatur mali

King James Variants
American King James Version   
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brothers; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps mischief befall him.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Authorized (King James) Version   
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
New King James Version   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some calamity befall him.”
21st Century King James Version   
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren, for he said, “Lest perhaps mischief befall him.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest Peradventure harm befall him.
Darby Bible Translation   
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.
God's Word   
Jacob wouldn't send Joseph's brother Benjamin with the other brothers, because he was afraid that something would happen to him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, "Something might happen to him."
International Standard Version   
Jacob would not send Joseph's brother Benjamin to accompany them, because he was saying, "I'm afraid that he'll come to some kind of harm."
NET Bible   
But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "What if some accident happens to him?"
New American Standard Bible   
But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him."
New International Version   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
New Living Translation   
But Jacob wouldn't let Joseph's younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might come to him.
Webster's Bible Translation   
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest perhaps mischief shall befall him.
The World English Bible   
But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."
EasyEnglish Bible   
But Jacob did not send his youngest son, Benjamin, with them. Jacob was afraid that something bad might happen to Benjamin.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'
New Life Version   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers. For he said, “I am afraid that something will happen to him.”
The Voice Bible   
But Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with the others, because he was afraid something might happen to him.
Living Bible   
However, Jacob wouldn’t let Joseph’s younger brother Benjamin go with them, for fear some harm might happen to him as it had to his brother Joseph.
New Catholic Bible   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with the others, for he said, “Some misfortune might befall him.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest any harm befall him.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure disaster befall him.
Christian Standard Bible   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, “Something might happen to him.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
But Benjamin, Joseph’s [full] brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps some harm or injury should befall him.
New Century Version   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with them, because he was afraid that something terrible might happen to him.
The Message   
Ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to Egypt to get food. Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with them; he was afraid that something bad might happen to him. So Israel’s sons joined everyone else that was going to Egypt to buy food, for Canaan, too, was hit hard by the famine.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin along with his other brothers, because he said, “Something bad might happen to him.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.
Good News Translation®   
but Jacob did not send Joseph's full brother Benjamin with them, because he was afraid that something might happen to him.
Wycliffe Bible   
and Benjamin was withholden of Jacob at home, that said to his brethren, Lest peradventure in the way he suffer any evil. (but Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his sons, Lest he suffer any evil on the way.)
Contemporary English Version   
But Jacob did not send Joseph's younger brother Benjamin with them; he was afraid that something might happen to him.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might befall him.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.
Common English Bible © 2011   
However, Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin along with his brothers because he thought something bad might happen to him.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that some harm or injury may come to him.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought some disaster might befall him.
New American Standard Bible   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm may happen to him.”
The Expanded Bible   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with them, because he was afraid that ·something terrible [a fatal accident; harm; tragedy] might happen to him.
Tree of Life Version   
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob did not send, for he said, “An accident might happen to him.”
Revised Standard Version   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might befall him.
New International Reader's Version   
But Jacob didn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with them. He was afraid Benjamin might be harmed.
BRG Bible   
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Complete Jewish Bible   
except for Binyamin, Yosef’s brother. Ya‘akov did not send him with his brothers, because he was afraid something might happen to him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
But Binyamin, achi Yosef, Ya’akov sent not with his achim; for he said, Lest ason (evil, harm) befall him.
Names of God Bible   
Jacob wouldn’t send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with the other brothers, because he was afraid that something would happen to him.
Modern English Version   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers for he said, “Perhaps some harm might happen to him.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Jacob did not send Benjamin. (Benjamin was Joseph’s only full brother.) Jacob was afraid that something bad might happen to Benjamin.
International Children’s Bible   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with them. Jacob was afraid that something terrible might happen to Benjamin.
Lexham English Bible   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, for he feared harm would come to him.
New International Version - UK   
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.