Then Laban said, “This is wonderful! You are from my own family.” So Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
“Ask the leaders of the city of Shechem this question: ‘Is it better for you to be ruled by the 70 sons of Gideon or to be ruled by only one man? Remember, I am your relative.’”
And the man said, “Finally! One like me, with bones from my bones and a body from my body. She was taken out of a man, so I will call her ‘woman.’”
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron. They said to David, “Look, we are one family!
Don’t trust your neighbor or trust a friend! Don’t even speak freely with your wife.
One day Laban said to Jacob, “You are a relative of mine. It is not right for you to continue working for me without pay. What should I pay you?”
He told her that he was from her father’s family. He told her that he was the son of Rebekah. So Rachel ran home and told her father.
So Abram said to Lot, “There should be no arguing between you and me or between your people and my people. We are all brothers.
because we are parts of his body.
I hope I can make my own people jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.
We will profit more if we sell him to these traders. Then we will not be guilty of killing our own brother.” The other brothers agreed.