Benjamin in the Bible
At a glance
- Name: Benjamin
- Classification: Person
- Gender: Male
- Testament: Old Testament, New Testament
- Verse mentions: 161
- Books: 23
- Chapters: 79
Description
Youngest son of Jacob, ancestor of the tribe of Benjamin
KJV Bible references
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
the sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
And he lift up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drunk, and were merry with him.
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil.
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
These shall stand upon mount Gerizzim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; And the \+sc Lord\+sc* shall cover him all the day long, And he shall dwell between his shoulders.
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; After thee, Benjamin, among thy people; Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us , how was this wickedness?
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