10 Bible Verses About Family From The Tanakh
10 Bible Verses About Family From The Tanakh
Here are 10 verses from the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) that touch on themes related to family, including relationships, duties, love, and heritage:
1. Genesis 1:28
"God blessed them and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it...'"
2. Genesis 2:24
"Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."
3. Genesis 4:9
"Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Where is Abel your brother?' He said, 'I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?'"
4. Genesis 6:18
"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you."
5. Genesis 9:1
"God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.'"
6. Genesis 12:3
"I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
7. Genesis 17:7
"And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you."
8. Genesis 18:19
"For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just..."
9. Genesis 21:12
"But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.'"
10. Genesis 22:18
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
