Benjamin, the younger son of Rachel, inherited many of his mother's qualities. The Midrash claims that specifically the ability to remain silent and hold one's tongue, was bequeathed to him by our matriarch, Rachel.  Teaching boisterous and sometimes babbling teenagers has made me realize that this elusive trait is not to be scoffed at; in fact I have come to treasure the quiet, taciturn students. Rachel famously exhibited silence when her sister was scandalously substituted for her under the wedding canopy by her devious father Lavan. Rather than publicly broadcast the devious machinations of her deceitful father, she was silent, allowing her elder sister to marry in her place. Although her own marital happiness could have suffered, she refused to shame her sister, instead bearing her own suffering in silence. Benjamin inheriting his mother's capacity for silence did not reveal his brothers' treacherous sale of their despised sibling Joseph.