Quotes about Sibling rivalry
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
— Genesis 27:17
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
— Genesis 37:22
So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
— Genesis 27:14
“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
— Genesis 25:33
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
— Genesis 29:17
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
— Genesis 25:27
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
— Genesis 25:29
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
— Genesis 28:6
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
— Genesis 27:19
He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I'm exhausted."
— Genesis 25:30
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
— Genesis 30:8
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
— Genesis 37:9