Bible Verses About Complexity of Kinship

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.