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Benjamin ( ''Binyāmîn'') is a Hebrew Bible figure. The name literally translates to " Son of Right ," generally taken to mean "son of my right hand" but in some Rabbinical traditions "son of the right side the body " or "son of the south," the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:18). His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Ephrath , characterized later by Christian writers as at a short distance from Bethlehem , because many centuries later the prophet Micah referred to "Bethlehem Ephrata." There is no other connection with Bethlehem. His mother died in childbirth, and with her last breath named him ''ben-oni'' ("son of my pain"), an ill-omened name which was changed by his father into Benjamin. His posterity were the Tribe Of Benjamin , sometimes translated "Benjamites" (Genesis 49:27; Deuteronomy 33:12; Joshua 18:21). The tribe of Benjamin at and Ephraim on the west of the tabernacle. At the entrance into Canaan it counted 45,600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob (Genesis 49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard: "Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he shall devour the prey, at evening he shall divide the spoil." This tribe is mentioned in 3:5. The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of Ephraim , and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the Jordan . Dan intervened between it and the Philistines . Its chief towns are named in Josh. 18:21-28. The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating Civil War in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes; they were almost exterminated (Judg. 20:20, 21; 21:10). (See GIBEAH ¯T0001476.) The first king of the Jews was 20:6). The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of (20:2) "the high gate of Benjamin"; also "the gate of the children of the people" (17:19). (Comp. 2 Kings 14:13.) REFERENCE
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