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"Israel's" Only Son? The complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and Joseph
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CITATION: Giffone, B. D. 2019. Israel's only son? the complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and Joseph. Old Testament Essays, 32(3):956-972, doi:10.17159/2312-3621/2019/v32n3a10.
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The paper argues that Genesis 35–50 uses Benjamin—the only son born to “Israel” after Jacob’s name change—to mediate competing Israelite identities between Josephites to the north and Judahites to the south. It reads the narrative’s conciliatory “All Israel” message as reflecting and shaping preexilic, Babylonian, and Persian-period communities.
Key findings
- In the received text, Benjamin is Jacob’s twelfth and youngest son and the only child born to “Israel” after Jacob’s name change in Gen 35:9–15; this evokes Israel’s origins in Benjaminite territory and the Benjaminite identity of Israel’s first king, Saul.
- Genesis 42–45 embeds a tug-of-war over Benjamin: Joseph gives him a feast portion five times larger than the other brothers’ portions (43:34) and later five changes of clothes and 300 pieces of silver (45:22), while Judah pledges himself for Benjamin’s safety (43:9) and offers himself as a slave in Benjamin’s place (44:33).
- Reuben is eclipsed by Judah and Joseph; Reuben is referenced only twice in Judges, Samuel, and Kings (Jdg 5:15–16; 2 Kgs 10:33), whereas Gileadites have two judges and thirteen references.
- Archaeological synthesis indicates the Benjaminite regions suffered little from the Babylonian invasion and show continuous settlement in the sixth century BCE; decline begins late in the sixth century, with destruction of Benjaminite towns Bethel, Gibeon, and Gibeah in the first quarter of the fifth century BCE.
Methods
- Literary and redactional close reading of Genesis 35–50, especially Gen 35, 38, 42–45, and 49, combined with historical reconstruction of Benjamin from archaeology and secondary scholarship.
- Uses a “textual identities” framework and Jonker’s multi-level identity negotiation—imperial, regional, ethnic, and cultic—to interpret the final-form narrative as intentionally shaped by “storymakers.”
- No new primary data; the analysis synthesizes biblical text, archaeological reports such as Lipschits, and prior studies.
Limitations
- Stated: the transmission history of the traditions remains opaque; there is no consensus on how and why the Pentateuch was shaped; multiple “final forms” exist, including Samaritan and Greek textual traditions; and the presumption of conscious final-form intentionality is not universally held.
- Evident: the argument is interpretive and depends on secondary archaeological synthesis rather than new fieldwork or quantitative analysis; conclusions about embedded tribal identities cannot be directly falsified from the text.
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“The biblical narratives do portray the borders of Benjaminite territory as shifting over time.”
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“However, starting late in the sixth century Benjamin appears to have experienced decline.”
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“The land that became identified with Benjamin seems to have been home to a great number of important cultic sites”
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“In later Israel's story, we see Reuben eclipsed as firstborn in Israel by Judah (Jdg 1:2; 20:18).”
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“Benjamin appears to have played a key role as the border tribe between the Northern and Southern Kingdoms after the North's secession.”
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“Benjaminite identity continued to be relevant to the self-understanding of many Jews in Palestine and the Diaspora well into the Hellenistic period.25”
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“Therefore, whatever inclusive visions of Israelite reunification there may be in the prophetic texts, we should understand these inclusive messages as directed toward Benjaminites in practice.”
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“This sort of addition and shaping of a Northern-oriented narrative in a pro-Judah direction is just the sort of activity that, I would argue, may be observed in Judges and Samuel.43”
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“But fate (or Providence) determined that Benjamin would come under the wing of Judah's protection to the south.”
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“Third, like each of the books of the Deuteronomistic History, Genesis 35-50 appears to contain layers of Northern Israelite/Josephite, Benjaminite, and Judahite traditions.”
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“The history of this period reflects a process of self-identification not within a single socio-historical level but within multiple levels-imperial, regional, ethnic, and cultic.31”
§ "Israel's" Only Son? The complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and > C MULTI-LEVELLED, TEXTUAL IDENTITIES
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“Judah fulfils his obligation by protecting the more vulnerable family member-Benjamin.”
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“The etymology of Benjamin's name and the tribal identification of the location of Rachel's grave point to tribal rivalry in later periods of Israel's history.”
§ "Israel's" Only Son? The complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and > 1 Genesis 35
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“From a redactional standpoint, Genesis 38 does in fact appear to be a later insertion into the story.42”
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“However, contra Blenkinsopp, it is not necessary to read this as the result of Benjaminite-Judahite rivalry in the early Persian period.”
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“Given the tug-of-war over Benjamin between Judah and Joseph that I believe we see in Genesis 42-45, these moves could be interpreted as Judahite attempts at closer ties to Benjamin rather than domination of Benjamin.”
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“The book of Chronicles and prophetic texts such as Ezekiel 37:15-28, Ezekiel 48, Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Isaiah 11 envision a reunification of Northern Israel and Judah under a Judahite ruler-perhaps not an ideal shared by the Josephite tribes and Benjaminites.”
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“Reuben's fall from grace and subsequent haplessness within the story underscores the successes of his younger brothers who split his inheritance: the blessing of the firstborn (Judah; see 49:8-12) and the double-portion birth right (Joseph; see 48:8-20).”
§ "Israel's" Only Son? The complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and > Reuben Eclipsed by Judah and Joseph
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“The combination of archaeology and close readings of the biblical texts points to the early, ongoing and enduring significance of Benjaminite identity for the communities in which the biblical texts were produced and finalized.”
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“Benjaminites were among the returnees, and some she'erit Yehudians apparently joined with the golah community and associated with the Jerusalem cult (Ezr 6:21).”
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“Interestingly, neither the loss of deportees under Babylonian rule nor the subsequent waves of returnees under early Persian rule appears to have had significant impact on the population of the Benjaminite region.”
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“This contrasts with the portrayal of Benjamin in the Chronicler's main source, the Deuteronomistic History, which puts on display the varied, messy history between Benjamin and Judah.”
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“Moreover, it is highly significant that the biblical text describes the first king of Israel, Saul, as a Benjaminite.”
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“During the postexilic period, the regions of Judah and Benjamin appear to have constituted a single polity within the Persian Empire: Yehud Province.”
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“The Chronicler's perspective on Israel's story is pro-Levi and pro-Judah; yet he goes to great lengths to present Benjamin in a positive light as well.”
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“Even though portions of the land of Benjamin were part of the Northern Kingdom-notably Bethel 17most of Benjamin was part of the kingdom of Judah during the divided monarchy.”
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“The language of the oracles to Solomon and Jeroboam (1 Kgs 11:11-13; 11:29-39) leaves Benjamin's affiliation ambiguous: ten 14 tribes (vv.31, 35) are torn from David's line, and only one is left for David (vv.13, 32, 36).”
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“The additions do not whitewash Judah's character, nor do they completely obscure the positive role of Joseph.”
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“Judah is instrumental in reuniting Joseph with Benjamin and later with Jacob as well (46:28).”
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“When Benjamin finally comes with the nine brothers, Joseph gives Benjamin a feast portion from his own table-a portion five times larger than the portions given to the other brothers (43:34).”
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“Reuben is also eclipsed as a Transjordan tribe by half-Manasseh (i.e., Gilead): Gileadites have two judges (Jair and Jephthah) and thirteen references in Samuel and Kings-whereas Reuben is only referenced twice in all of Judges, Samuel and Kings (Jdg 5:15-16; 2 Kgs 10:33).”
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“Both brothers speak words that endanger Benjamin's life, and both brothers offer Benjamin protection.”
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“The character of Benjamin in Genesis 35-50 is entirely silent and passive-and yet he becomes a significant object not only to his father but to his brothers around him.45”
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“Yet in the middle of the story, Joseph endangers Benjamin's life by placing his divination cup in Benjamin's grain sack (44:1-2, 5).”
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“However, in the middle of the story Judah along with the brothers (he is not named specifically) makes an ignorant vow that endangers Benjamin's life.46”
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“These layers may be seen in the peculiar interests of certain passages in tribal ancestors or locations.”
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“White points out the connections haphazard 44 : the larger narrative of Jacob's sons does indeed cohere as a whole.”
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“Yet numerous narrative and linguistic similarities connect Genesis 38 to the preceding and succeeding chapters.40”
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“Benjamin is Jacob's twelfth and youngest son, and the younger son of Rachel, the favoured wife, who dies giving birth to Benjamin.”
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“In Genesis 35 and 42-45 in particular, the silent character Benjamin finds himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between his brothers, particularly his full-brother Joseph and his half-brother Judah.”
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“In Genesis 35 and 42-45 in particular, the silent character Benjamin finds himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between his brothers, particularly his full-brother Joseph and his half-brother Judah.”
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“Benjaminites retained their separate tribal identity-as did the Levites.”
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“From the beginning of the period of divided monarchy the land of Benjamin was divided, torn between stronger ties to the north and southern kings attempting to create a buffer for their capitals.”
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“Between Josephites to the north and Judahites to the south, Benjaminites preserved a unique identity within the polities of Israel, Judah, Babylonian Yehud, and Persian Yehud.”
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“Between Josephites to the north and Judahites to the south, Benjaminites preserved a unique identity within the polities of united Israel, Judah, Babylonian Yehud, and Persian Yehud.”
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“The Chronicler, recognizing that the floundering second temple in marginalized Jerusalem (within the Persian Empire) needed the support of more successful Benjaminite areas to the north, crafts a narrative to argue that All Israel should worship at Jebus/Jerusalem (on the border between Benjamin and Judah), and that Benjamin and Judah had early and always enjoyed close ties.”
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“The biblical texts, when properly interpreted as ideological portrayals of the Babylonian and Persian eras, indicate that at least some of the prosperous she'erit community of early Yehud were Benjaminites, who were influential in provincial government and came into conflict with the returnees.”
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“Archaeologists, while hesitating to ascribe definitively a name to the first king of Israel, mostly agree that given the location of Israel's emergence, a Benjaminite king is plausible.”
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“The conciliatory message of the narrative of Genesis 35-50 for later communities comes into sharper focus when we see the compromise between tribal identities embedded in the text.”
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“In a recent monograph, I have argued that the book of Chronicles is a form of consensus-building literature.”
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“This paper suggests that the received text of Genesis 35-50 both reflects and illumines the complexities of Israelite identity in the preexilic, Babylonian, and Persian periods.”
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“The Hebrew Bible in its final form bears the mark of pro-Judah editors and redactors.”
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“It is this balancing and gradual shaping that we find in Genesis 35-50.”
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“Benjaminites seem to have always perceived close ethnic ties to their Josephite neighbours to the north.”
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“Given the complexity of the legacy of Israelite tribal identity, it makes perfect sense that the biblical texts edited and compiled during this period would have a blend of traditions from Northern, Benjaminite, Judahite and Levite communities.”
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“It offers us a window into Judahite perceptions of Judah-Benjamin relations.”
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“The well-known and beloved story of Joseph and his brothers in the last third of Genesis is indeed a story about forgiveness and reconciliation.”
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“The Benjaminite territories, as we have seen, were the heart of the emerging and united Israel.”
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“While Joseph's choice to forgive remains the dominant thread in the narrative, his choice is a response to Judah's courage in protecting Benjamin.”
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“This political question is embedded Genesis 42-45: With whom does Benjamin belong?”
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“First, there are enough parallels to later Israelite history to justify seeing intertribal relations in the identities embedded within the narrative.”
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“Far from being edited haphazardly, we have seen that the tribal history embedded within the text actually lends coherence by explaining the inclusion of such traditions as Genesis 38 in the final form.”
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“The key moments in the story that lead to that resolution all relate to Benjamin.”
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“While the transmission history of these traditions remains opaque, we may affirm with reasonable confidence that the old stories were shaped so as to ensure their continuing relevance for the communities in which they were finalized.”
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“Competing tendencies are reflected in these texts: on the one hand, the ideologies and rhetorical goals of the authors (including the survival of the community), and on the other hand, the parameters created by community memory and tradition.”
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“Genesis 42-45 presents a comparison between Judah and Joseph, and the measure of fraternal loyalty is each brother's treatment of Benjamin.”
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“The book of Chronicles, which appears to be derived in part from some version of Samuel-Kings, is a notable and instructive exception.”
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“Returning to the Genesis narrative, Reuben is similarly eclipsed at every turn by Joseph or Judah.”
§ "Israel's" Only Son? The complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and > Reuben Eclipsed by Judah and Joseph
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“Later, Benjamin was at the centre of a tug-of-war between Judah and the Northern coalition led by Manasseh and Ephraim.”
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“But even as Joseph is brought on a journey of suffering and forgiveness, Judah is transformed from a man who would sell his own brother into slavery (or even kill his brother) into a man who would risk his life to save a brother: first Simeon, a full brother, and then Benjamin, a half-brother.”
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“As we will see, these two brothers struggle for primacy in the story and control over Benjamin-while Reuben, like the tribe that would bear his name, is left in the dust.”
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“This encounter with Tamar may be considered a turning point in Judah's life; he tricked his trickster father, but now his daughter-in-law has turned the tables on him.”
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“Yehud's imperial context placed a certain pressure on the scribal communities to retain the distinct voices of Israel's tribes within a work such as the Pentateuch, while being careful not to be so distinct as to undermine social cohesion.”
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The final form of the text is the product of some conscious intention by an individual or a group of individuals who presented the text in [something close to] its present form to the community for retention, reverence, and reproduction.
“I presume that the final form of the text is the product of some conscious intention by an individual or a group of individuals who presented the text in [something close to] its present form to the community for retention, reverence, and reproduction.”
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Saul, Benjamin and the Emergence of ›Biblical Israel‹ (Part 1)
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- Authors
- Giffone, B. D.
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- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
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- Giffone, Benjamin D.
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- Giffone, Benjamin D.
- Venue
- Old Testament Essays
- Publisher
- Academy of Science of South Africa
- Published
- 2019
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 1010-9919 (ISSN-L)
- 2312-3621
- OpenAlex
- W2992796452
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Old Testament Essays (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Institutional Repository of LCC International University (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medieval Literature and History
- Keywords
- Benjamin, Judah, Joseph, Israelite monarchy, royal succession, Book of Judges, Book of Samuel
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