Jacob's son living at the time of the Patriarchs
Benjamin
Jacob’s youngest son and the second of Rachel’s. She died giving birth to him near Ephrath; with her last breath she named him Ben-oni (“son of my sorrow”), but his father called him Benjamin (“son of the right hand”) (Genesis 35:16–19). After Joseph was lost, Benjamin was his father’s favorite, which is why Jacob would not let him go to Egypt (Genesis 42:36–38). Joseph tested his brothers over him, and Judah offered himself in his place (Genesis 43–44).
His tribe’s land lay just north of Jerusalem. Israel’s first king, Saul, was a Benjamite (1 Samuel 9:1–2), and so was the apostle Paul (Romans 11:1; Philippians 3:5).
Family
- Father
- Jacob
- Mother
- Rachel
- Children
- Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, Ard, Ahiram, Jediael