Benjamin

• Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin

Benjamin (Person)· Ben-Oni· Benjaminite, Benjamite

Father

Israel

Mother

Rachel

Siblings

Asher· Dan· Dinah· Gad· Issachar· Joseph· Judah· Levi· Naphtali· Reuben· Simeon· Zebulun

Children

Ahiram· Ard· Ashbel· Becher· Bela· Gera· Huppim· Jediael· Muppim· Naaman· Rosh

• Βενιαμίν·Benjamin
• בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י·Ben-onimeans “son of my sorrow, or pain”
• בִּנְיָמִין·Benjamin
• בֶּן־יְמִינִי·Benjamin
• יָמִין·Jaminmeans “right hand; south wind”
• יְמִינִי·Jeminite

Includes 4 verses that refer to Benjamin without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Genesis 35:18בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י · Ben-oni; בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
2. Genesis 35:24בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
3. Genesis 42:4בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
4. Genesis 42:36בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
5. Genesis 42:37Referred to, not named
   Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
6. Genesis 43:14בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
7. Genesis 43:15בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
8. Genesis 43:16בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
9. Genesis 43:29בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
   When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
10. Genesis 43:34בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
11. Genesis 44:12בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
12. Genesis 44:16Referred to, not named
    “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
13. Genesis 45:12בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
14. Genesis 45:14בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
15. Genesis 45:22בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
16. Genesis 46:19בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
17. Genesis 46:21בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
18. Genesis 49:27בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
19. Exodus 1:3בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
20. Numbers 1:11בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
21. Numbers 1:36בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
22. Numbers 1:37בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
23. Numbers 2:22בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,
24. Numbers 7:60בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near.
25. Numbers 10:24בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
26. Numbers 13:9בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
27. Numbers 26:38בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
28. Numbers 26:41בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
29. Numbers 34:21בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
30. Deuteronomy 27:12בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
31. Deuteronomy 33:12בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
32. Joshua 18:11בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
33. Joshua 18:20בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
34. Joshua 18:21בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
35. Joshua 18:28בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
36. Joshua 21:4בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
37. Joshua 21:17בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
38. Judges 1:21בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
39. Judges 3:15בֶּן־יְמִינִי · Benjamin
    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
40. Judges 5:14בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
41. Judges 10:9בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
42. Judges 19:14בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
43. Judges 19:16בֶּן־יְמִינִי · Benjamin
    That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
44. Judges 20:3בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
45. Judges 20:4בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
46. Judges 20:10בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
47. Judges 20:12בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
48. Judges 20:13בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
49. Judges 20:14בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
50. Judges 20:15בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
51. Judges 20:17בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
52. Judges 20:18בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
53. Judges 20:20בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
54. Judges 20:21בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
55. Judges 20:23בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
56. Judges 20:24בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
57. Judges 20:25בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
58. Judges 20:28בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
59. Judges 20:30בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
60. Judges 20:31בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
61. Judges 20:32בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
62. Judges 20:35בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
63. Judges 20:36בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
64. Judges 20:39בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
65. Judges 20:40בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
66. Judges 20:41בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
67. Judges 20:43בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
68. Judges 20:44בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.
69. Judges 20:45Referred to, not named
    Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
70. Judges 20:46בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
71. Judges 20:48בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
72. Judges 21:1בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
73. Judges 21:6בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
74. Judges 21:7Referred to, not named
    What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
75. Judges 21:13בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
76. Judges 21:14בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
77. Judges 21:15בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
78. Judges 21:16בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
79. Judges 21:17בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
80. Judges 21:18בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
81. Judges 21:20בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
82. Judges 21:21בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
83. Judges 21:23בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
84. 1 Samuel 4:12בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
85. 1 Samuel 9:1יָמִין · Jamin; יְמִינִי · Jeminite
    Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
86. 1 Samuel 9:4בֶּן־יְמִינִי · Benjamin; יְמִינִי · Jeminite
    So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
87. 1 Samuel 9:16בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
88. 1 Samuel 9:21בֶּן־יְמִינִי · Benjamin; בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
89. 1 Samuel 10:2בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
90. 1 Samuel 10:20בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
91. 1 Samuel 10:21בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
92. 1 Samuel 13:2בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
93. 1 Samuel 13:15בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
94. 1 Samuel 13:16בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
95. 1 Samuel 14:16בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
96. 1 Samuel 22:7בֶּן־יְמִינִי · Benjamin; יְמִינִי · Jeminite
    Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
97. 2 Samuel 2:9בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    …and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
98. 2 Samuel 2:15בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
99. 2 Samuel 2:25בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
    The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
100. 2 Samuel 2:31בִּנְיָמִין · Benjamin
     …but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.