Benjamin (Bible)
Originally Hebrew : Benyamin which translates as (positive side) or because of the suffering endured by the mother during childbirth. Jacob finally appoint his youngest son in the verse before Rachel passed away following the birth.
Genesis 35, 16. "They traveled from Bethel. It was still a long way to reach when Rachel gave birth Ephratah. His diapers were painful. 17. and, like her difficult delivery, the midwife told her: "Do not worry, it's still a son you have! '18. In making the soul, for she was dying, she named him Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin. 19. Rachel died and was buried in the way of Ephratah - is Bethlehem . 20. Jacob erected a monument on her grave that is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which still exists today. "
Genesis 48.7 "When I came from Padan, Rachel died your mother, to my sorrow in the land of Canaan , on his way, still a long way before arriving in Ephrata, and I buried her there on Ephratah path - is Bethlehem. "
The biblical account says nothing about Benjamin's life between the time of his birth and when her brother Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt. During the famine that struck the region, his father Benjamin Jacob guard at his side when he sends all his son in Egypt.
Joseph , who became viceroy of Egypt, will force his half-brothers return with Benjamin (the only other son of his mother), before they reveal his identity.
The Tribe of Benjamin is also one of the twelve tribes of Israel after that son of Jacob. She will train with the Tribe of Judah , the Kingdom of Judah.
This name is the origin of the common name Benjamin, which means the last child of a sibling.
In Jacob's dying blessing to his son, Benjamin is a partner in Wolf.
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