Benjamin

Benjamin
בִּנְיָמִין
Painting by Arthur Pond (1745) after Francisco de Zurbarán's portrait from the series (Jacob and His Twelve Sons) c. 1640 – c. 1645
Pronunciation	Binyamin
Born	11 Cheshvan
Children	[1] Bela (son) Beker (son) Ashbel (son) Gera (son) Naaman (son) Ehi (son) Rosh (son) Muppim (son) Huppim (son) Ard (son)
Parents	Jacob (father) Rachel (mother)
Relatives	Reuben (half brother) Simeon (half brother) Levi (half brother) Judah (half brother) Dan (half brother) Naphtali (half brother) Gad (half brother) Asher (half brother) Issachar (half brother) Zebulun (half brother) Dinah (half sister) Joseph (brother) Leah (aunt/stepmother)

Benjamin (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין‎ Bīnyāmīn; "Son of (the) right")^[2] was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twelfth and youngest son overall in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative.

In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "Binyamēm" (Samaritan Hebrew: ࠁࠪࠍࠬࠉࠣࠌࠜࠉࠌࠬ, "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram.