Benjamin

As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.”

He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”

He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.

He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.

The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

“The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin

Abidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin.

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;