Quotes about Kinship
But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”
— Matthew 12:48
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
— Genesis 24:4
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
— Genesis 29:14
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
— Deuteronomy 25:5
either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
— Leviticus 25:49
You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.
— Leviticus 20:19
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
— 1 Chronicles 12:2
Remember that family isn't just blood kin but anyone who fits into your heart.
— Rachel Hauck
God desires that man should be. God does not wish to be alone. The meaning of existence is the conquest of loneliness, the acquisition of kinship and nearness.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
— Ezra 8:17
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
— Genesis 24:38
And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
— Numbers 27:11