¹⁴ And Laban said to him, ^(A)“Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.

¹² You are my brethren, you are ^(A)my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’ ^13 (B)And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? ^(C)God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me ^[a]continually in place of Joab.’ ”

² “Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all ^(A)seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and ^(B)bone.”

²³ And Adam said:

David Reigns over All Israel^(A)

5 Then all the tribes of Israel ^(B)came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed ^(C)we are your bone and your flesh.

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

¹⁵ Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, ^(A)what should your wages be?”

¹² And Jacob told Rachel that he was ^(A)her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. ^(B)So she ran and told her father.

⁸ So Abram said to Lot, ^(A)“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.