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Benjamin (Gen 35:18)
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Benjamin (Gen 35:18)

He was the father of Becher, Rosh and Muppim, in the age of the patriarchs. Named in scripture at Genesis 35:18.

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

Genesis 35:18

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 35:24

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

Genesis 42:4

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.”

Genesis 42:36

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.”

Genesis 43:14

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

Genesis 44:12

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

Genesis 45:12

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

Genesis 46:19

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Genesis 35:18Genesis 35:24Genesis 42:4Genesis 42:36Genesis 43:14Genesis 44:12Genesis 45:12Genesis 46:19Genesis 46:21Genesis 49:27Exodus 1:3Numbers 1:11Numbers 2:22Numbers 7:60Numbers 10:24Numbers 13:9Numbers 26:38Numbers 26:41Numbers 34:21Deuteronomy 27:12Deuteronomy 33:12Joshua 18:11Joshua 21:4Joshua 21:17 …and 36 more mentions

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