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Patriarch / Tribal Leader
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1903 BC – 1790 BC
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1903 BC1790 BC
Middle Kingdom Egypt & Canaanite City-States
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Twelfth and youngest son of Jacob, second child of his beloved Rachel, who died giving him birth — she named him Ben-oni ('son of my sorrow') before Jacob renamed him Benjamin ('son of the right hand'). Jacob's favorite after Joseph, and the brother for whom Judah pledged his own life. From his tribe came King Saul and the apostle Paul.
Twelfth and youngest son of Jacob, second child of his beloved Rachel, who died giving him birth — she named him Ben-oni ('son of my sorrow') before Jacob renamed him Benjamin ('son of the right hand').
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