Laban said to him, “Surely you are my own bone and flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.
So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, or between my shepherds and yours, since we are relatives.
Then the man said, “This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one is called woman, for from man was taken this one.”
Then Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father.
Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you, my relative, serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?”
Let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not lay our hand on him—since he’s our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke saying, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
Do not trust in a friend. Do not trust in a close companion. Guard the openings of your mouth from her who lies on your breast.
if somehow I might provoke to jealousy my own flesh and blood and save some of them.
because we are members of His body.
“Speak now, in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem: Which is better for you, that 70 men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that a single man rules over you? Remember also that I am your flesh and bone.”