Vayigash 46:21 · unit 1

TT #20 · 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 Sotah 36b.

TT lemma: the list of Binyamin’s sons.

Chazal

Core Text
וּבְנֵי בִנְיָמִן בֶּלַע וָבֶכֶר וְאַשְׁבֵּל גֵּרָא וְנַעֲמָן אֵחִי וָרֹאשׁ מֻפִּים וְחֻפִּים וָאָרְדְּ — תַּנְיָא, כֻּלָּם נִקְרְאוּ עַל שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל יוֹסֵף: בֶּלַע שֶׁנִּבְלַע בֵּין הָאֻמּוֹת, בֶּכֶר שֶׁהָיָה בְּכוֹר לְאִמּוֹ, אַשְׁבֵּל שֶׁשְּׁבָאוֹ אֵל, גֵּרָא שֶׁגָּר בְּאֻכְסָנִיּוֹת, נַעֲמָן שֶׁנָּעִים בְּיוֹתֵר, אֲחִי וָרֹאשׁ אֲחִי הוּא וְרֹאשִׁי הוּא, מֻפִּים וְחוּפִּים הוּא לֹא רָאָה בְּחוּפָּתִי וַאֲנִי לֹא רָאִיתִי בְּחוּפָּתוֹ, אָרְדְּ שֶׁיָּרַד לְבֵין הָאֻמּוֹת.

English: The ten names are all connected with Yosef: Bela, because he was swallowed among the nations; Becher, because he was his mother’s firstborn; Ashbel, because God took him captive; Gera, because he lived in inns; Naaman, because he was especially pleasant; Achi and Rosh, because he was Yosef’s brother and head; Muppim and Chuppim, because he did not see Yosef’s wedding and Yosef did not see his; Ard, because he descended among the nations.

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.