'Families' in the Bible

Every animal, every crawling thing, every bird—and whatever moves on the land—went out by families (types, groupings) from the ark.

From these, [the people of] the coastlands of the nations were separated and spread into their lands, every one according to his own language, according to their constituent groups (families), and into their nations:

and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.

These are the descendants of Ham according to their constituent groups, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

These are Shem’s descendants according to their constituent groups (families), according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and from these [people] the nations were separated and spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you,And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you.And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed.”

Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your descendants.

And these are the names of the tribal chiefs of Esau, according to their families and places of residence, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

And it happened that when the families of Jacob’s sons had finished eating [all of] the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”

Joseph provided and supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children.