Vayigash 46:21 · unit 1

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 46:21

The Complete Passuk

וּבְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֗ן בֶּ֤לַע וָבֶ֙כֶר֙ וְאַשְׁבֵּ֔ל גֵּרָ֥א וְנַעֲמָ֖ן אֵחִ֣י וָרֹ֑אשׁ מֻפִּ֥ים וְחֻפִּ֖ים וָאָֽרְדְּ׃

And the sons of Binyamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to classical sources on the ten sons of Binyamin.

TT lemma: the list of Binyamin’s sons.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּבְנֵי בִנְיָמִין בֶּלַע וָבֶכֶר וְאַשְׁבֵּל גֵּרָא וְנַעֲמָן אֵחִי וָרֹאשׁ מֻפִּים וְחֻפִּים וָאָרְדְּ — עֲשָׂרָה בָּנִים נִמְנוּ לְבִנְיָמִין בְּיְרִידָתוֹ לְמִצְרַיִם.

English: “And the sons of Binyamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard” — ten sons are enumerated for Binyamin at the time of the descent to Egypt.

On the daf / in context: The verse supplies Binyamin’s contribution to the seventy-soul total.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrashic genealogy) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

Binyamin’s ten sons are enumerated among those who went down to Egypt.