Quotes About Sibling Relationships

Remember always that the least plain sister is the family beauty.

- George Bernard Shaw

The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions.

- Robert Brault

Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

- Genesis 22:21

After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

- Genesis 25:26

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

- Genesis 28:5

Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

- Genesis 29:16

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

- Genesis 29:17

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

- Genesis 35:22

Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.

- Genesis 37:13

Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

- Genesis 37:14

But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

- Genesis 38:29

The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

- Genesis 44:12