Jacob Refusing to Let Benjamin Leave, c.1829 Giclee Print
Roger, Eugene
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Benjamin
The pet, the youngest; in allusion to Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob ( Gen. xxxv. 18). When Jacob sent his sons down from Canaan to buy bread during the famine, he refused to let Benjamin go "lest peradventure harm befall him." Jacob's son Joseph who was in charge over the granaries of Egypt, without revealing his identity, told his brothers that they must bring Benjamin with them if they returned for more corn. When they finally did so, Joseph feasted them and gave them grain, but sent word after them that his silver cup was missing; and when search was made, "the cup was found in Benjamin's sack" where it had been placed by Joseph's orders. He then disclosed his identity.
Benjamin's mess. The largest share. The allusion is to the banquet given by Joseph, viceroy of Egypt, to his brethren. "Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs" ( Gen. xliii. 34).
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