Israelites — Minor Figures

26 figures from The Legends of the Jews, Volume II who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Joseph's ten brethren

Joseph's brothers · first appears Joseph In Prison

• Joseph In Prison · siblings with Joseph “By way of punishment for having traduced his ten brethren before his father, Joseph had to languish for ten years in the prison to which the wiles of traducers had in turn condemned him.”

Machir

Joseph's grandson · first appears Joseph'S Magnanimity

• Joseph'S Magnanimity · with Joseph “And in his own family circle Joseph was happy also; he lived to act as godfather at the circumcision of the sons of his grandson Machir.”
• Joseph'S Magnanimity · elder kin: Joseph “he lived to act as godfather at the circumcision of the sons of his grandson Machir”

Er

Judah's son · first appears Judah And His Sons

• Judah And His Sons · parent: Judah “The first-born son of Judah from this marriage was named Er, ‘the childless,’ a suitable name for him that died without begetting any issue.”
• Judah And His Sons · married with Tamar “At Judah's desire, Er married Tamar, a daughter of Aram, the son of Shem, but because she was not a Canaanitish woman, his mother used artifices against her, and he did not know her, and an angel of the Lord killed him on the third day after his wedding.”

Onan

Judah's son · first appears Judah And His Sons

• Judah And His Sons · parent: Judah “Then Judah gave Tamar to his second son Onan, the marriage taking place before the week of the wedding festivities for Er had elapsed.”
• Judah And His Sons · married with Tamar “Then Judah gave Tamar to his second son Onan, the marriage taking place before the week of the wedding festivities for Er had elapsed.”

Moses and Zipporah's unnamed second son (Section 071)

son of Moses and Zipporah · first appears Moses Marries Zipporah

• Moses Marries Zipporah · parent: Moses “Zipporah nursed her first child for two years, and in the third year she bore a second son.”
• Moses Marries Zipporah · parent: Zipporah “Zipporah nursed her first child for two years, and in the third year she bore a second son.”

the Messiah

future leader · first appears Moses Visits Paradise And Hell

• Moses Visits Paradise And Hell · with Moses “In the Messianic time, Moses will be one of the seven shepherds that shall be the leaders of Israel with the Messiah.”

Mordecai

descendant of Benjamin · first appears The Thief Caught

• The Thief Caught · elder kin: Benjamin “Mordecai, the descendant of Benjamin”