Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Benjamin, son of Jacob — ܒܢܝܡܝܢ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1632 ܒܢܝܡܝܢ Benyamīn Benjamin, son of Jacob Benyamīn Benjamin http://syriaca.org/person/1632 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin Benjamin, son of Jacob is the biblical patriarch from the book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. The favored youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, he was also the favorite of his older brother Joseph. The two were commemorated together in the Syriac hagiographic tradition. Saint Benjamin, son of Jacob is commemorated in Benjamin and Joseph (text). Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 1800