4 others in the registry answer to the name Benjamin. Every Benjamin in the Bible
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Benjamin
בִּנְיָמִיןΒενιαμίν
- verses
- 166
- first named
- Genesis 35:18
- last named
- Revelation 7:8
- period
- the Patriarchs
- tribe
- Benjamin
Description
Who was Benjamin?
Benjamin was the youngest son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and his beloved wife Rachel. Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin and named him Ben-oni, meaning "son of my sorrow," but Jacob renamed him Benjamin, meaning "son of the right hand" (Gen. 35:18,24). Benjamin was one of the twelve sons of Jacob who became the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel.
As a young man, Benjamin was kept at home by his father while his brothers went to Egypt to buy grain during a famine (Gen. 42:4). Later, when the brothers returned to Egypt with Benjamin, Joseph showed favoritism towards him (Gen. 43:34). After Joseph revealed his identity, he sent his brothers back to Canaan with gifts, giving Benjamin 300 pieces of silver and five sets of clothes (Gen. 45:22).
In Jacob's final blessing, he described Benjamin as a "ravenous wolf" (Gen. 49:27), possibly alluding to the tribe's fierceness in battle. During the Exodus, the tribe of Benjamin was led by Abidan son of Gideoni (Num. 1:11; 2:22). Notable Benjamites include Ehud, a left-handed judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression (Jdg. 3:15), and King Saul, the first king of Israel (1Sam. 9:21).
The tribe of Benjamin was known for its military prowess and played a significant role in Israel's history, despite being one of the smallest tribes. They were loyal to David during Absalom's rebellion (2Sam. 19:17) and later supported the southern kingdom of Judah after the division of the monarchy (1Ki. 12:21). In the New Testament, the apostle Paul proudly identified himself as a Benjamite (Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 33 are drawn. All 33 are listed below.
Ancestor of
Associated with
Child of
- IsraelregistryGenesis 46:191 Chronicles 2:2
- RachelregistryGenesis 46:19
Father of
- Ahiramregistry1 Chronicles 8:1Genesis 46:21
- ArdregistryGenesis 46:21
- Ashbelregistry1 Chronicles 8:1Genesis 46:21
- BecherregistryGenesis 46:211 Chronicles 7:6
- Belaregistry1 Chronicles 8:1Genesis 46:211 Chronicles 7:6
- GeraregistryGenesis 46:21
- HuppimregistryGenesis 46:21
- Jediaelregistry1 Chronicles 7:6
- MuppimregistryGenesis 46:21
- Naamanregistry1 Chronicles 8:2Genesis 46:21
- Roshregistry1 Chronicles 8:2Genesis 46:21
Sibling of
- Asherregistry, no verse
- Danregistry, no verse
- Dinahregistry, no verse
- Gadregistry, no verse
- Issacharregistry, no verse
- JosephregistryGenesis 43:29Genesis 43:30Genesis 45:12
- Judahregistry, no verse
- Leviregistry, no verse
- Naphtaliregistry, no verse
- Reubenregistry, no verse
- Simeonregistry, no verse
- Zebulunregistry, no verse
- Jacob SonsGenesis 43:16Genesis 43:29
Stands in the same events as
- Israel15 events
- Judah13 events
- Levi7 events
- Joseph6 events
- Jerusalem4 events
- Ephraim4 events
- Manasseh4 events
- Reuben4 events
- Simeon4 events
- Asher3 events
- Issachar3 events
- Jacob Sons3 events
and 58 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Benjamin is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
166 verses across 23 of 66 books; 43 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (16), Exodus (1), Numbers (10), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (6), Judges (44), 1 Samuel (13), 2 Samuel (12), 1 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (15), 2 Chronicles (14), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (4), Esther (1), Psalms (3), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (1), Obadiah (1), Acts (1), Romans (1), Philippians (1) and Revelation (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 166, across 23 books. The name is written 176 times in them.
Genesis16 verses
35:1835:2442:442:3643:1443:1543:1643:2943:3444:1245:1245:1445:2246:1946:2149:27
Exodus1 verse
Numbers10 verses
Deuteronomy2 verses
Joshua6 verses
Judges44 verses
1:213:155:1410:919:1419:1620:320:420:1020:1220:1320:1420:1520:1720:1820:2020:2120:2320:2420:2520:2820:3020:3120:3220:3520:3620:3920:4020:4120:4320:4420:4620:4821:121:621:1321:1421:1521:1621:1721:1821:2021:2121:23
1 Samuel13 verses
2 Samuel12 verses
1 Kings5 verses
1 Chronicles15 verses
2:26:606:657:68:18:409:39:711:3112:212:1612:2921:627:1227:21
2 Chronicles14 verses
11:111:311:1011:1211:2314:815:215:815:917:1725:531:134:934:32
Ezra3 verses
Nehemiah4 verses
Esther1 verse
Psalms3 verses
Jeremiah7 verses
Ezekiel4 verses
Hosea1 verse
Obadiah1 verse
Acts1 verse
Romans1 verse
Philippians1 verse
Revelation1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Genesis 35Benjamin was the son Rachel bore in her final labor, named by his father after Rachel called him Ben-oni.
- Genesis 43Benjamin went down to Egypt with his brothers and received a portion five times larger than theirs.
- Genesis 44Benjamin travels with his brothers, is found carrying Joseph’s cup, and becomes the brother Judah refuses to abandon.
- Genesis 45Benjamin embraces Joseph and receives three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
- Deuteronomy 33Benjamin rests secure under the LORD's protection.
- Judges 20Benjamin refused to surrender the men of Gibeah, fought Israel, and was finally driven into the wilderness and to the rock of Rimmon.
- Judges 21Benjamin returned from Rimmon, received the spared women, and later caught wives from the dancers at Shiloh.
- 1 Samuel 10Benjamin is selected when the tribes of Israel come forward.
12 more chapters, from 1 Chronicles 8 to Obadiah 1
- 1 Chronicles 8Benjamin fathered Bela, Ashbel, Aharah, Nohah, and Rapha.
- 1 Chronicles 9Benjamin’s descendants lived in Jerusalem and were listed as heads of their families.
- 1 Chronicles 12Benjamites, including Saul’s kinsmen, came to David, with most of those at Hebron having remained loyal to Saul until then.
- 1 Chronicles 21Benjamin was left out of Joab’s count.
- 2 Chronicles 14Benjamin supplied 280,000 men bearing small shields and drawing the bow.
- 2 Chronicles 15Benjamin gathered with Judah in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 25Benjamin was counted with Judah among the men assigned to Amaziah’s army.
- Psalms 68Benjamin, the youngest, appears ruling in the great congregation.
- Jeremiah 6Benjamin’s sons are told to flee for cover when disaster looms from the north.
- Jeremiah 17The land of Benjamin is named among the places from which offerings will come.
- Ezekiel 48Benjamin receives a portion and names an eastern gate.
- Obadiah 1Benjamin is given possession of Gilead.
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