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The answer is found in Philippians 3:5 which reads ....."of the stock of Israel, of

the tribe of Benjamin".........

Your question asks - "what.... was he named after": Paul wasn't named after the tribe of Benjamin, he was a descendant of that tribe, one of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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