Lavan said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.
Avram said to Lot, *Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
The man said, *This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.*
Ya`akov told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rivka's son. She ran and told her father.
Lavan said to Ya`akov, *Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?*
Come, and let's sell him to the Yishme`elim, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.* His brothers listened to him.
Then came all the tribes of Yisra'el to David to Chevron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shekhem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Yerubba`al, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.