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- He Was Jacob’s 12th Son. Jacob famously had 12 sons, who became the progenitors of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Eleven of those sons were born in Charan, where Jacob had been tending the flocks of his father-in-law Laban.
- His Birth Was Blessed by G‑d. Shortly before Benjamin’s birth, G‑d appeared to Jacob and blessed him to “be fruitful and multiply … and kings shall come forth from your loins.”
- He Was Born When His Father Was 100. The name Benjamin can be broken into ben yaman (ימ”ן), which has the numeric value of 100, hinting at the fact that Benjamin was born when his father was 100 years old.3.
- His Mother, Rachel, Died in Childbirth. Rachel, Jacob’s favorite wife, watched wistfully as her sister wife, Leah, and their two maids, Bilhah and Zilpah, gave birth to child after child.
Benjamin (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין Bīnyāmīn; "Son of (the) right") was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (i.e., Jacob's thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.
Aug 26, 2022 · Benjamin was a son of Jacob and head of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Benjamin was the twelfth-born and youngest son in Jacob’s family. He was born to Jacob’s wife Rachel, making Benjamin the full brother of Joseph. His story is found in Genesis chapters 35–49.
Sep 18, 2014 · The youngest son of Jacob, Benjamin was referred to as the righteous child because of his loyalty to Jacob even when his brothers were completely against Joseph, who was well-loved by their father.
Mar 23, 2022 · Benjamin, the last son of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of Israel, was one of Jacob’s favorites because of his mother. For those of us familiar with the Genesis account of Jacob and his two wives (and a couple concubines), we know that Jacob preferred Rachel over Leah, and that means he had a preference to Rachel’s sons over Leah’s ...
The youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, Genesis 35:16-18. Rachel died immediately after he was born, and with her last breath named him Ben-oni, the son of my sorrow; but Jacob called him Benjamin, son of my right hand.
Benjamin, according to biblical tradition, one of the 12 tribes that constituted the people of Israel, and one of the two tribes (along with Judah) that later became the Jewish people. The tribe was named after the younger of two children born to Jacob (also called Israel) and his second wife,
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