“Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘They have gone far away from the Lord; to us this land has been given as a possession.’

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”

So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

After these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor –

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,

You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck.”

The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” “I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

So Jacob said to him, “Go now and check on the welfare of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release the Israelites from his land.

“You are to clothe them – your brother Aaron and his sons with him – and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.

“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,

“Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardships we have experienced,

If your fellow Hebrew – whether male or female – is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free.

When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.