Bible Verses About Family Introduction

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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

And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

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.

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

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 they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

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.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.