Benjamin
Role: son · First appears: The Birth Of Jacob's Children
Benjamin was born to Rachel as she died giving birth to him and his twin sister; the account says Rachel had prayed to bear Jacob a second son. He is described as “the second son” of Jacob and Rachel.
At Mount Seir, Benjamin’s brothers defeated Esau’s army, pursued the fugitives, and besieged them. Esau’s sons and the other fugitives later submitted to peace, and Jacob’s sons exacted tribute from them.
Relationship record
Life events
- Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin and his twin sister.(Joy And Sorrow In The House Of Jacob)
- With: Rachel Jacob the twin sister of Benjamin (Chapter 109)
- “At the time when Deborah and Rebekah died, occurred also the death of Rachel, at the age of thirty-six, but not before her prayer was heard, that she bear Jacob a second son, for she died in giving birth to Benjamin.”
- Jacob's sons defeated Esau's army, pursued the fugitives, and besieged them on Mount Seir.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
- Esau's sons and the fugitives submitted to peace and agreed to pay tribute.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
- With: Jacob Judah Naphtali Gad Levi Dan Reuben Issachar Zebulon Simon Enoch (son of Reuben) Reuel Jeush Lotan Korah
- “Now the sons of Esau and all the other fugitives came and fell down before them, bowed down, and entreated them without cease, until they concluded peace with them. But the sons of Jacob exacted tribute from them.”
The Birth Of Jacob's Children
- parent: Jacob “Benjamin, the second son, whom Rachel regarded merely as a supplement”
- parent: Rachel “Benjamin, the second son, whom Rachel regarded merely as a supplement”
Jacob Wrestles With The Angel
- parent: Jacob “Jacob proceeded to pass his sons in review: Reuben, Joseph, Dan, and Gad being the first-born, each of his mother, were exempt, and there remained but eight sons, and when he had named them, down to Benjamin, he had to go back and begin over again with Simon, the ninth, and finish with Levi as the tenth.”
Joy And Sorrow In The House Of Jacob
- parent: Rachel “she died in giving birth to Benjamin.”
- parent: Jacob “She brought forth the youngest son of Jacob, whom he called Benjamin”
Esau's Campaign Against Jacob
- parent: Jacob “Simon, Benjamin, and Enoch, the last the son of Reuben, with fifty servants, to the west”
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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.