"in her sleep, and Rachel died giving birth to a son, Benjamin. Overhearing their talk, Ra-Mose erroneously thinks that Joseph took part in his father's murder, and attempts to kill him before Dinah convinces him of his mistake. Enraged, Joseph orders his execution. Dinah pleads for her son to be spared and reminds Joseph of how much they have to carry the burden of their brothers' sins. At first Joseph refuses to listen, but finally relents and commutes the punishment to banishment. Ra-Mose must assume a new name, and chooses to take the one his mother had given him at"
"Benjamin. According to Genesis, Benjamin was the result of a painful birth in which his mother died, naming him Ben-Oni, ""son of my pain,"" immediately before her death. Instead, Jacob, his father, preferred to call him Benjamin, which can be read in Hebrew as meaning, ""son of my right [hand]"" (Genesis 35:16-18). In geographical terms, the term Benjamin can be read as ""son of the south"" from the perspective of the northern Kingdom of Israel, as the Benjamite territory was at the southern edge of the northern kingdom. From after the conquest of the promised land by Joshua until the"
"the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. According to the Hebrew Bible, Benjamin's name arose when Jacob deliberately changed the name ""Benoni"", the original name of Benjamin, since Benoni was an allusion to Rachel's dying just after she had given birth, as it means ""son of my pain"". Textual scholars regard these two names as fragments of naming narratives coming from different sources - one being the Jahwist and the other being the Elohist. Unusually for one of the 12 tribes of Israel, the Bible does not explain the etymology of Benjamin's name. Medieval commentator Rashi gives two different"
"of stone in the place, poured a drink-offering and oil on it, and called the place Bethel. They left Bethel, and before they had come to Ephrath, Rachel went into a difficult labor. The midwife told her not to fear not, for this child would also be a son for her. And just before Rachel died, she named her son Ben-oni, but Jacob called him Benjamin. They buried Rachel on the road to Ephrath at Bethlehem, and Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. And Israel journeyed beyond Migdal-eder. While Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben lay with Jacob's"
"from Egypt. According to textual scholars, the Jahwist version of the Laban narrative only mentions the Joseph tribes, and Rachel, and does not mention the other tribal matriarchs whatsoever. According to , Benjamin had ten sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. The name of his wife/wives are not given. However the Book of Jubilees calls his wife Ijasaka and the Book of Jasher mentions two wives Mechalia the daughter of Aram and Aribath the daughter of Shomron. The Classical rabbinical tradition adds that each son's name honors Joseph: Though not named in the Quran,"
"Ephrath Ephrath or Ephrathah or Ephratah () is the name of a biblical place and a personal name meaning ""fruitful"". The first mention of Ephrath occurs in Genesis, in reference to the place where Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin and where she was buried on the road from Bethel. A very old tradition is that Ephrath refers to Bethlehem, and thus that she died on the way there, reflected by the ancient Tomb of Rachel at the city's entrance. Some modern scholars have placed this location closer to Bethel, in the vicinity of Ramallah, based on verses in Samuel"
"the third-born Absalom and fourth-born Adonijah. He may have died before his father. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Benjamin, Jesse and Amram. The throne eventually passed to his younger half brother, Solomon. Chileab is known as Daluyah in 2 Samuel in the Septuagint. According to Rashi, Rabbi Isaac said that some questioned whether Abigail was pregnant through David or her first husband, Nabal; therefore, God arranged that Chileab would resemble David. It is possible his name ""Chileab,"" which can be translated ""perfection of the father,"" is"
"back to Israel, where it was buried. According to , Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The name(s) of his wife/wives are not given. According to , a stone of ""Bohan, the son of Reuben"" marked a point along the boundary of the land allocated to the tribe of Judah. According to the Book of Jasher, Chapter 45, Reuben's wife was Eliuram the daughter of Ewi the Canaanite (of Timnah). Reuben (son of Jacob) According to the Book of Genesis, Reuben or Re'uven (, ""Rəʾuven"" ""Rəʾûḇēn"") was the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. He was the"
"as 1988, Anna Goldman-Amirav in ""Reproductive and Genetic Engineering"" wrote of Hagar within ""the Biblical 'battle of the wombs' [which] lay the foundation for the view of women, fertility, and sexuality in the patriarchal society"". Hagar Hagar (, ""Hagar"", of uncertain origin; Hājar; ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor. The name ""Hagar"""
"the Book of Genesis, after Noah became drunk and Ham dishonored his father, upon awakening Noah pronounced a curse on Ham's youngest son, Canaan, stating that his offspring would be the ""servants of servants"". Of Ham's four sons, Canaan fathered the Canaanites, while Mizraim fathered the Egyptians, Cush the Cushites, and Phut the Libyans. During the Middle Ages, believing Jews, Christians, and Muslims incorrectly considered Ham to be the ancestor of all Africans. Noah's curse on Canaan as described in Genesis began to be misinterpreted by some scholars in Europe as having caused visible racial characteristics in all of Ham's"
"and her subservient relationship to her husband. Adam's penalty thus follows. The reaction of Adam, the naming of Eve, and Yahweh making skin garments are described in a concise narrative (3:20-21). The garden account ends with an intradivine monologue, determining the couple's expulsion, and the execution of that deliberation (3:22–24). According to the Bible, for her share in the transgression, Eve (and womankind after her) is sentenced to a life of sorrow and travail in childbirth, and to be under the power of her husband. Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel (Qayin and Heḇel), the first a"
"widely regarded as an abrupt change to the surrounding narrative Joseph story. According to some textual scholars, the reason for these features is that the passage derives from the Jahwist source, while the immediately surrounding narrative is from the Elohist, the two being spliced together at a later date. Tamar (Genesis) In the Book of Genesis, Tamar (; , ) was the daughter-in-law of Judah (twice), as well as the mother of two of his children: the twins Perez and Zerah. In , Tamar is first described as marrying Judah's eldest son, Er. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed"
"Bilhah Bilhah (בִּלְהָה ""unworried"", Standard Hebrew ""Bilha"", Tiberian Hebrew ""Bilhâ"") is a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis. describes her as Laban's handmaid, who was given to Rachel to be her handmaid on Rachel's marriage to Jacob. When Rachel failed to have children, Rachel gave Bilhah to Jacob ""to wife"" to bear him children. Bilhah gave birth to two sons, who Rachel claimed as her own and named Dan and Naphtali. expressly calls Bilhah Jacob's concubine, a ""pilegesh"". The Testament of Naftali says that Bilhah and Zilpah's father was named Rotheus. He was taken into captivity but redeemed by"
"O'Connor attributed acts of violence against women described in the Book of Judges to a period of crisis in the society of ancient Israel before the institution of kingship. Yet others have alleged such problems are innate to patriarchy. In the Book of Genesis, Tamar is Judah's daughter–in–law. She was married to Judah's son Er, but Er died, leaving Tamar childless. Under levirate law, Judah's next son, Onan, was told to have sex with Tamar and give her a child, but when Onan slept with her, he ""spilled his seed on the ground"" rather than give her a child that"
"sister, who had insisted on the marriage before she would be willing to leave Shechem's home (Shechem was her rapist/lover). Many of the rabbinical sources argue that Simeon died at the age of 120, roughly three years before the death of his brother Reuben, although Numbers Rabbah states that Simeon became the senior of the brothers after Reuben had died. Simeon (son of Jacob) According to the Book of Genesis, Simeon () was the second son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon. However, some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor"
"Rachel had allowed her rival Bilhah into her home. Rav Huna and Rabbi Aha in Rabbi Simon's name quoted ""Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,"" and taught that for the sake of Dan, Rachel was remembered; for the sake of Dan, Joseph and Benjamin were born (as a reward for Rachel's giving her rival Bilhah to Jacob, from whom was born Dan). Rabbi Johanan taught that God holds three keys that God does not entrust to any messenger: the key of rain, the key of childbirth, and the key of the revival of the dead. The Gemara cited to support the proposition"
"Simeon in rabbinic literature Allusions in rabbinic literature to the biblical character Simeon, son of Jacob, contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond what is presented in the text of the Bible itself. In the Rabbinic literature, Simeon's name is interpreted in a number of different ways. The Genesis Rabbah takes it to mean ""he who listens to the words of God"". The Midrash HaGadol, however, interprets it as ""there is sin"", and sees in the name an allusion to Zimri, the Simeonite prince who sinned with the Midianite woman. Genesis 34 describes how Simeon and Levi kill the people"
"Zilpah In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah (זִלְפָּה ""meaning uncertain,"" Standard Hebrew ""Zilpa"", Tiberian Hebrew ""Zilpāh"") was Leah's handmaid, presumed slave, whom Leah gave to Jacob ""to wife"" to bear him children (). Zilpah gave birth to two sons, whom Leah claimed as her own and named Gad and Asher (). Zilpah is given to Leah as a handmaid by Leah's father, Laban, upon Leah's marriage to Jacob (see , ). According to the early rabbinical commentary Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer, Zilpah and Bilhah, the handmaids of Leah and Rachel, respectively, were actually younger daughters of Laban. Zilpah also figures in"
"Leah) and Joseph (eleventh in line) superseded their older brothers in Perez superseded Zerah in and and Ephraim superseded Manasseh in Rendsburg explained Genesis’s interest with this motif by recalling that David was the youngest of Jesse’s seven sons (see ), and Solomon was among the youngest, if not the youngest, of David’s sons (see ). The issue of who among David’s many sons would succeed him dominates the Succession Narrative in through Amnon was the firstborn, but was killed by his brother Absalom (David’s third son) in After Absalom rebelled, David’s general Joab killed him in The two remaining"
"Tamar (Genesis) In the Book of Genesis, Tamar (; , ) was the daughter-in-law of Judah (twice), as well as the mother of two of his children: the twins Perez and Zerah. In , Tamar is first described as marrying Judah's eldest son, Er. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed by God. By way of a Levirate union, Judah asked his second son, Onan, to provide offspring for Tamar so that the family line might continue. Tikva Frymer-Kensky explains that this could have substantial economic repercussions, with any son born deemed the heir of the deceased Er, and able"
"regional tribes were connected to monotheistic ritual at Sinai. German orientalist Walter Beltz believed the story of Cain and Abel was not originally about the murder of a brother, but a myth about the murder of a god's child. In his reading of Genesis 4:1, Eve conceived Cain by Adam, and her second son Abel by another man, this being Yahweh. Eve is thus compared to the Sacred Queen of antiquity, the Mother goddess. Consequently, Yahweh pays heed to Abel's offerings, but not to Cain's. After Cain kills Abel, Yahweh condemns Cain, the murderer of his son, to the cruelest"
"Hagar Hagar (, ""Hagar"", of uncertain origin; Hājar; ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor. The name ""Hagar"" originates from the Book of Genesis; she is acknowledged in all Abrahamic religions. Hagar is alluded to in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife. ""This is a summary of the account of"
"brothers in Perez superseded Zerah in and and Ephraim superseded Manasseh in Rendsburg explained Genesis's interest with this motif by recalling that David was the youngest of Jesse’s seven sons (see ), and Solomon was among the youngest, if not the youngest, of David’s sons (see ). The issue of who among David’s many sons would succeed him dominates the Succession Narrative in through Amnon was the firstborn, but was killed by his brother Absalom (David’s third son) in After Absalom rebelled, David’s general Joab killed him in The two remaining candidates were Adonijah (David’s fourth son) and Solomon, and"
"of his son, living in her father's household—to be burned when she is believed to have become pregnant by an extramarital sexual relation. Tamar saves herself by proving that Judah is himself the father of her child. In the Book of Jubilees, the same story is basically told, with some intriguing differences, according to Caryn A. Reeder. In Genesis, Judah is exercising his patriarchal power at a distance, whereas he and the relatives seem more actively involved in Tamar's impending execution. In Hebraic law, death by burning was prescribed for ten forms of sexual crimes: The imputed crime of Tamar,"
"of Jacob, handed down to his daughter Serah, who was still alive at the time of Moses and Aaron. Asher told Serah that any redeemer who would come and say the password to the Israelites would be their true deliverer. So when Moses came and said the password, the people believed him at once. Rabbi Samuel ben Nahman taught that Benjamin's son's names, as listed in reflected Benjamin's loss of Joseph. The name Bela signified that Benjamin's brother was swallowed up (""nit-bala"") from him; Becher signified that he was a firstborn (""bechor""); Ashbel signified that he was taken away captive"
"then gives birth to Solomon. David conquers and plunders the city Rabbah (2 Samuel 11-12). David's son Amnon rapes his half-sister Tamar. Absalom, her full brother, in return has him killed (2 Samuel 13). Absalom conspires and revolts against David. Absalom is finally defeated and dies in the Battle of the Wood of Ephraim, and David mourns him (2 Samuel 15-19). Sheba son of Bichri revolts, but is ultimately beheaded (2 Samuel 20). In 2 Samuel 21, David has seven of Sauls sons and grandsons killed, including ""the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul"", though he spares Sauls"
"represented as half-sisters of Leah and Rachel by different mothers. Zilpah In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah (זִלְפָּה ""meaning uncertain,"" Standard Hebrew ""Zilpa"", Tiberian Hebrew ""Zilpāh"") was Leah's handmaid, presumed slave, whom Leah gave to Jacob ""to wife"" to bear him children (). Zilpah gave birth to two sons, whom Leah claimed as her own and named Gad and Asher (). Zilpah is given to Leah as a handmaid by Leah's father, Laban, upon Leah's marriage to Jacob (see , ). According to the early rabbinical commentary Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer, Zilpah and Bilhah, the handmaids of Leah and Rachel, respectively,"
"Bethuel Bethuel ( ""Bəṯū’êl"", “house of God”), in the Hebrew Bible, was an Aramean man, the youngest son of Nahor and Milcah, the nephew of Abraham, and the father of Laban and Rebecca. Bethuel was also a town in the territory of the tribe of Simeon, west of the Dead Sea. Some scholars identify it with Bethul and Bethel in southern Judah, to which David gives part of the spoils of his combat with the Amalekites. The man Bethuel appears nine times in nine verses in the Hebrew Bible, all in Genesis. Adherents of the documentary hypothesis often attribute most"
"or Nashyan. Manoah and his wife were childless, but an angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah’s wife and told her that she would give birth to a son. The child was to be dedicated from the womb as a Nazirite, which entailed restrictions on his diet, which the angel spelled out in detail. The woman (whose name is not mentioned in the Bible) told her husband, ""A man of God came to me"". Manoah prayed and the angel returned to instruct the both of them. After the angel left, Manoah tells his wife, ""We shall surely die, because we"
"Cain and Abel In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon God punished Cain to a life of wandering. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod (, ""wandering""), where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch. The narrative never explicitly states Cain's motive for murdering his"
"Ephraim Ephraim ; (Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם/אֶפְרָיִם, ""Efrayim"") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On. Ephraim was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan. The Book of Numbers lists three sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Beker, and Tahan. However, 1 Chronicles 7 claims that he had at least eight sons, including Ezer and Elead, who were killed by local men who came to rob him of his cattle. After"
"Book of Genesis as one of the three sons of Noah, saved through the Ark. They are always in the order ""Shem, Ham, and Japheth"" when all three are listed (Genesis 5:32, 9:18 and 10:1), but Genesis 9:24 calls Ham the youngest, and Genesis 10:21 refers ambiguously to Shem as ""brother of Japheth the elder,"" which could mean that either is the eldest. Most modern writers accept Shem-Ham-Japheth as reflecting birth order, but this is not always the case: Moses and Rachel also appear at the head of such lists despite explicit descriptions of them as younger siblings. Following the"
"2 Sam. 2: 23). Although Joab won the battle, Abner escaped with his life; Asahel was buried in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. In retaliation, Joab murdered Abner with help from his brother Abishai, against the wishes of David. Asahel Asahel (, , Latin ""Asael"") was the youngest son of Zeruiah, herself either the daughter of Jesse or daughter of Nahash and step-daughter of Jesse. The name means 'made by God.' Asahel was the nephew of King David, as well as the younger brother of both Joab, David's general, and of Abishai. Asahel is mentioned in 2 Samuel Chapters 2"