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*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/b/inp82.htm Icon and Story of St. Benjamin]
Removed link to Come And See Icons because the link was broken, plus it was the wrong Benjamin.
His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Ephrath, which is identified with Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19). His mother Rachel died in childbirth, and with her last breath named him ''Ben-oni'' ("son of my pain"), an ill-omened name which was changed by his father into ''Binyamin''. His posterity were the [[tribe of Benjamin]], sometimes translated "Benjamites" (Genesis 49:27; Deuteronomy 33:12; Joshua 18:21).
The tribe of Benjamin at the [[Exodus]] was the smallest aside from tribe of Manasseh, which was split off from tribe of Joseph (Numbers 1:34-1:37; Psalms 68:27). During the march its place was along with Manasseh and [[Ephraim]] on the west of the tabernacle. At the entrance into [[Canaan]] it counted 45,600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob (Genesis 49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard: "Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he shall devour the prey, at evening he shall divide the spoil."
This tribe is mentioned in [[Romans|Epistle to the Romans]] 11:1 and [[Philippians]] 3:5.
The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of Ephraim, and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the Jordan River. tribe of Dan intervened between it and the [[Philistines]]. Its chief towns are named in [[Book of Joshua|Josh.]] 18:21-28.
The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes; they were almost exterminated (Judg. 20:20, 21; 21:10).
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Later Joseph had his silver cup planted in Benjamin's sack and then had him arrested for [[theft]]. This was still part of his plan in testing their older brothers. When the brothers pleaded his case and even [[Judah]] offers to stay in his place, Joseph reveals himself to his brothers and hugs Benjamin first.
== Jacob's blessing ==
==ReferencesReference==
*''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', 1897.
==External links==
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/ ''The Jewish Encyclopedia,'' 1908:] Benjamin. Material on the tribe, its territory, Rabbinical tradition and Islam, where Benjamin is not specifically mentioned in the ''Qur'an.''
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