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His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward all the tribes related to them.
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As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
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The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
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Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!”
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And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
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So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
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When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.”
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As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”
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When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
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Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
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“You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.
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Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.
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To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
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The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.
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“Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
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“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.
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Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
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The Birth of Moses
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,
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Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
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There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
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“See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
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Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you:
