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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Benjamin |
 | | (2) The son of Balan and grandson of Benjamin, Jacob's son (I Paralip., vii, 10). |
 | | It was about twenty-five miles in length and twelve in breadth, and was bounded on the north by Ephraim, on the east by the Jordan, on the south by Juda, and on the west by Dan. |
 | | The nature of the territory was conducive to breed a race of hardy warriors such as the Benjamites who are depicted by Jacob as "a ravenous wolf, in the morning [he] shall divide the spoil" (Gen., xlix, 27). |
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