Genesis 46:19
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The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.