Biblical Meaning of the Name Benjamin: Son of the Right Hand
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Where the name comes from
Benjamin is Hebrew, Binyamin, from ben, "son", and yamin, "right hand", a word that can also mean "south". It means "son of the right hand", the right hand being the place of honor and strength. An old minority reading is "son of days": a son of his father's old age.
Benjamin in the Bible
Benjamin was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the second son of Rachel, who died giving birth to him. With her last breath she named him Benoni; his father renamed him Benjamin. He was Joseph's full brother, and when Joseph saw him again in Egypt he blessed him. The tribe of Benjamin came from him, and the apostle Paul was proud to be "of the tribe of Benjamin".
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
A blessing for Benjamin
Benjamin, may you always know you are held at God's right hand, loved and kept safe. May the hard seasons of your life be given a new name by his goodness, as Benjamin's was, and may God be gracious unto you, as Joseph prayed over his youngest brother.
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