24 Bible Verses about Half brothers

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Judges 9:5

Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.

Judges 11:1-2

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father. And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

Genesis 21:8-9

And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.

Judges 8:30-31

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives. And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

Judges 9:1-6

Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father, Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh. So his mother's family said all this about him in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem: and their hearts were turned to Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.read more.
And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons. Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place. And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

Genesis 37:2

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

Judges 11:3

So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

2 Samuel 13:32

And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.

Judges 11:2

And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

Judges 11:7

But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?

Nehemiah 3:18

After him were working their brothers, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, ruler of half the division of Keilah.

Judges 9:56

In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

Galatians 1:19

But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.

Mark 6:3

Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

Luke 8:19

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

John 7:10

But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.

John 7:3

So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do.

Mark 3:31

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

John 2:12

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

Genesis 44:33

So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

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