Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, ¹  for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. ² 

For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?” ¹ 

You must go instead to my country and to my relatives ¹  to find ²  a wife for my son Isaac.”

So Joseph sent a message ¹  and invited ²  his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people ³  in all.

But Hobab ¹  said to him, “I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”

From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, ¹  there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. ² 

For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you. ¹ 

The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers ¹  and to your relatives. I will be with you.” ² 

Esther was still not divulging her lineage or her people, ¹  just as Mordecai had instructed her. ²  Esther continued to do whatever Mordecai said, just as she had done when he was raising her.

Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. ¹ 

Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. ¹ 

Now the Lord said ¹  to Abram, ²  “Go out ³  from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you. ⁴ 

You will be free from your oath ¹  if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

Then Jacob prayed, ¹  “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you said ²  to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’ ³ 

but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find ¹  a wife for my son.’

and said to him, ‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’ ¹ 

So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside ¹  the Israelite camp.

From the descendants of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives.

From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives.

From the descendants of Gershom: ¹  Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives.