"It came to pass, as [Rachel's] soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni [Heb. Son of my Sorrow]: but his father called him Benjamin [Son of my Right Hand]" (Genesis 35:18). "Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it" (Psalm 127:1). "He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of His saints" (Proverbs 2:8). "If any man love God, the same is known of Him" (1 Corinthians 8:3).
The beauty of
Benoni's name
Foreshadowed
Jesus Christ our Savior:
Behold, the Man
of Sorrows came
And died to
grant us saving favor.
Behold "the
Son of My Right Hand,"
Foreshadowed
thus by Benjamin,
Fulfilled in
Christ, as God had planned,
Victorious over
death and sin!
Except the Lord
Himself had willed
To champion the
sinner's cause,
We would have
vainly hoped to build
A house
condemned by heaven's laws.
O Lord, because
You loved us first,
Benoni's beauty
illustrated
That You, for
sinners, would be cursed,
A Man of
Sorrows, scorned, and hated.
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