Genesis 42:4 Commentary: Rashi, Radak & Rav Hirsch

וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִין֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לֹא־שָׁלַ֥ח יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־אֶחָ֑יו כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר פֶּן־יִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּ אָסֽוֹן׃

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: ‘Lest peradventure harm befall him.’

Rashi on Genesis

פן יקראנו אסון LEST MISCHIEF BEFALL HIM — And at home could not mischief befall him?! Rabbi Eliezer the son of Jacob said: We may infer from this that Satan accuses a man at the time of danger (Midrash Tanchuma, Vayigash 1).
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Radak on Genesis

ואת בנימין... אחי יוסף, he is mentioned once more as “Joseph’s brother” as he was the only full brother Joseph had, being a brother both from the same father and the same mother.
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Rav Hirsch on Torah

קרא .פן יקראנו אסון verwandt mit קרח ,קרע ,קרה, eine Familie scheinbar disparater Begriffe: Rufen, Treffen, Zerreißen, Frost und Eis. Sie sind jedoch nur Modifikation eines Grundgedankens:
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