Jehu encountered the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are Ahaziah’s relatives. We have come down to see how the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons are doing.”

The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”

Then Boaz said to the guardian, “Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech.

But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms of the temple of our God.

and said to him, ‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’

Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.

And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.’”

“Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.

but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.

but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

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

They say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!” and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things, relate deceptive messages.

One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the orchard with him?”

Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families.

but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

So that night they made their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter came and had sexual relations with her father. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.

So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.