Binyamin in the The twelve tribes collection
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Binyamin
יְדִיד ה׳
The beloved of the LORD
The youngest of Jacob’s sons, and the only one born in the Land of Israel. Jacob likened him to a wolf, and Moses called him ‘the beloved of the LORD’. The Sages teach that the Holy Temple stood in Binyamin’s portion, the Divine Presence dwelling ‘between his shoulders’.
- Meaning of the name
- Rachel called him Ben-oni, but his father Jacob named him Binyamin, ‘son of the right hand’.
- Mother
- Rachel
- Stone on the Choshen (Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7)
- Yashfeh, jasper
- Flag colour
- all twelve colours together
- Emblem on the flag
- wolf
- Place in the camp
- West — under the banner (degel) of the camp of Ephraim, alongside Menashe.
Verses
בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב יִטְרָף בַּבֹּקֶר יֹאכַל עַד וְלָעֶרֶב יְחַלֵּק שָׁלָל
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; In the morning he devoureth the prey, And at even he divideth the spoil.
Genesis 49:27
לְבִנְיָמִן אָמַר יְדִיד ה׳ יִשְׁכֹּן לָבֶטַח עָלָיו חֹפֵף עָלָיו כָּל־הַיּוֹם וּבֵין כְּתֵפָיו שָׁכֵן
Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, And He dwelleth between his shoulders.
Deuteronomy 33:12
וַיְהִי בְּצֵאת נַפְשָׁהּ כִּי מֵתָה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ בֶּן־אוֹנִי וְאָבִיו קָרָא־לוֹ בִנְיָמִין
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing—for she died—that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 35:18