Quotes about Family
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
— Genesis 37:29
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
— Genesis 37:30
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
— Genesis 37:33
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
— Genesis 37:35
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
— Genesis 38:1
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
— Genesis 38:2
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
— Genesis 38:3
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
— Genesis 38:4
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
— Genesis 38:5
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
— Genesis 38:6
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
— Genesis 38:8
But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
— Genesis 38:9