the sonsof Rachel:Josephand Benjamin;
But Jacobdid not sendJoseph'sbrotherBenjaminwith his brothers,for he said,"I am afraid that harmmay befallhim."
As he liftedhis eyesand sawhis brotherBenjamin,his mother'sson,he said,"Is thisyour youngestbrother,of whomyou spoketo me?" And he said,"May Godbe graciousto you, my son."
He tookportionsto them from his own table,but Benjamin'sportionwas fivetimesas muchas anyof theirs. So they feastedand drankfreelywith him.
Then the lotfor the sonsof Josephwentfrom the Jordanat Jerichoto the watersof Jerichoon the eastinto the wilderness,goingup from Jerichothrough the hillcountryto Bethel.
Now the lotof the tribeof the sonsof Benjamincameup according to their families,and the territoryof their lotlaybetweenthe sonsof Judahand the sonsof Joseph.
"From Ephraimthose whose rootis in Amalek[came down], Followingyou, Benjamin,with your peoples;From Machircommanderscamedown,And from Zebulunthose who wieldthe staffof office.
Allthe peoplewhowere in the court,and the elders,said,"[We are] witnesses.May the LORDmakethe womanwho is cominginto your homelike Racheland Leah,bothof whombuiltthe houseof Israel;and may you achievewealthin Ephrathahand becomefamousin Bethlehem.
