Relatives

…saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.

If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

…and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”

Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”

His relatives by their clans are recorded in their genealogy: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,

Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

…and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.

…and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.

…and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.

Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;

…from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;

…from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

…from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;

…from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;

…and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.

And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

…along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.

His relatives through Eliezer included Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

…all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”

Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.