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Benjamin (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין Bīnyāmīn; "Son of (the) right") was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (i.e., Jacob's thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. By allusion to the biblical Benjamin, in French, Polish and Spanish, "Benjamin" (benjamin/ beniamin /benjamín, respectively) is a common noun meaning the youngest child of a family, especially a particularly favored one (with a similar connotation to "baby of the family").
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Psalm 68 draws a picture of the people of God throughout history entering in procession into God’s sanctuary. Looking back as well as forward, David lists the “little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,” as well as “the princes of Zebulun and Naphtali.” A full setting of Psalm 68, including these references, is found in the 1987 Psalter Hymnal, set to the famous Genevan tune for Psalm 68 that became known as the Huguenot Marseillaise, the battle song of the Calvinist Reformation throughout Europe.
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