Bible Person
Male · 2 cross references
This Rapha entry refers to a Benjaminite descendant associated in the dataset with the early tribal line, not to the giant-related Rephaim traditions elsewhere. He belongs to the ancestral framework through which Benjamin's family structure is preserved. First appears in Gen 46:21.1
Identity
male
First appears
Gen 46:21
AI summary: This Rapha matters because his cross references place the name inside Benjamin's foundational genealogical memory, where later identity depends on accurately preserved descent. The record is terse and somewhat textually tangled in the dataset tradition, but its function remains genealogical rather than narrative. Taken together, the material presents this Rapha as an ancestral or clan-linked figure in Benjamin's remembered line.1
Central Figure
Rapha
A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chr.
Identity
male
A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chr. 8:2, 37), a descendant of Saul. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.