Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” Jacob stayed with him for a whole month.
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have any more quarrels between us or between our herders. After all, we’re relatives.
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She will be named woman because she was taken from man.”
When Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s nephew and that he was Rebekah’s son, she ran and told her father.
Then Laban said to him, “Just because you’re my relative doesn’t mean that you should work for nothing. Tell me what your wages should be.”
Let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not hurt him, because he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron. “We are your own flesh and blood,” they said.
Don’t trust your neighbors. Don’t have confidence in ⌞your⌟ friends. Keep your mouth shut even when a woman is lying in your arms.
Perhaps I can make my people jealous and save some of them.
We are parts of his body.
He said, “Please ask all citizens of Shechem, ‘What seems best to you? Do you really want all of Jerubbaal’s 70 sons to rule you or just one man? Remember, I’m your own flesh and blood.’ ”