Testament of Benjamin

Chapter 1

  1. 1 The copy of the words of Benjamin, which he commanded his sons to observe, after he had lived
  2. 2 a hundred and twenty-five years. And he kissed them, and said: As Isaac was born to Abraham
  3. 3 in his old age, so also was I to Jacob. And since Rachel my mother died in giving me birth, I had
  4. 4 no milk; therefore I was suckled by Bilhah her handmaid. For Rachel remained barren for twelve years after she had borne Joseph; and she prayed the Lord with fasting twelve days, and she
  5. 5 conceived and bare me. For my father loved Rachel dearly, and prayed that he might see two
  6. 6 sons born from her. Therefore was I called Benjamin, that is, a son of days.