Tribes
Benjamin
One of the twelve tribes descending from Benjamin, Jacob and Rachel's youngest son born in Genesis 35; in Genesis 49 Jacob likens Benjamin to a ravening wolf who shares out the spoil.
Category
Tribes
First mention
Genesis 35:18
Tags
3
Genesis 35, 49IsraelTribe
Scripture references
- Genesis 35:18
At the moment when she breathed her last, for she was dying, she named him Ben-Oni. His father, however, named him Benjamin.
- Genesis 49:27
Benjamin is a ravening wolf, in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he is still sharing out the spoil.'