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Originally Posted by Wander

I think Jacob is more likely to be Ben's father. Reason being that in the Old Testament, Jacob (later known as Israel or "struggled with God") had many sons, one of whom was named Benjamin. Interestingly, Benjamin's mother, Rachael, died giving birth to him.

Funnily enough, Benjamin means "son of my right hand."

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I was just about to reply to this topic with that same fact. That would be very interesting if they went that way with the story.