Laban answered, Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after that the days of a month were filled,
Therefore Abram said to Lot, I beseech thee, that no strife be betwixt me and thee, and betwixt my shepherds and thy shepherds; for we be brethren.
And Adam said, This is now a bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; this shall be called virago, for she is taken of man.
And Jacob showed to her that he was the brother of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she hasted, and told to her father.
Laban said to Jacob, Whether for thou art my brother, thou shalt serve me freely? say thou what meed thou shalt take.
It is better that he be sold to Ishmaelites, and our hands be not defouled, for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren assented to these words;
And all the lineages of Israel came to David, in Hebron, and said, Lo! we be thy bone and thy flesh.
Do not ye believe to a friend, and do not ye trust in a duke; from her that sleepeth in thy bosom, keep thou the closings of thy mouth.
if in any manner I stir my flesh for to follow, and that I make some of them safe.
And we be members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Speak ye to all the men of Shechem, What is better to you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, be lords of you, whether that one man be lord to you? and also behold, that I am your bone, and your flesh.