Benjamin

Birth and Ancestors

Timeframe: And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. (Genesis 35:17-18)
Place: And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. (Genesis 35:16)
Father:: And Jacob called the name of his son, whom Rachel had borne, Benjamin. (Genesis 35:18)
Mother:: And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. (Genesis 35:19)
Sibling:: And the sons of Jacob were twelve. (Genesis 35:22)
Hebrew meaning of Name: but his father called him Benjamin [בִּנְיָמִין, son of the right hand]. (Genesis 35:18)
Other Relatives of Note: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. (Genesis 35:25-26)

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- Children: And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (Genesis 46:21)
Other Descendants of Note: These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. (Numbers 26:41)

And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. (Numbers 33:49)

And they removed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath. (Genesis 35:16)

And Benjamin came forth with his army, and they smote of the children of Israel that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men. (Judges 20:35)

And the days of Benjamin were an hundred and thirty years: and he died. (Genesis 46:21; implied by genealogical listing)

And Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. (Genesis 37:3-4; Benjamin not implicated in the hatred)

And the sons of Benjamin were the beloved of the Lord, and he gave them a place among the tribes. (Deuteronomy 33:12)