'Leave' in the Bible

(Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.)

"It's time for you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives who are with you to leave the ark.

The LORD told Abram, "You are to leave your land, your relatives, and your father's house and go to the land that I'm going to show you.

However, I will judge the nation that they serve, and later they will leave there with many possessions.

"My lords," he told them, "if I have found favor with you, please don't leave your servant.

Now pay attention! I'm here with you, and I'm going to be watching over you wherever you go. I'm going to bring you back to this land, because I won't ever leave you until I've accomplished what I've promised about you."

Give me my wives and children for whom I've served you. Then I'll leave, since you're aware of my service to you."

I am the God of Bethel, the place where you consecrated that stone and made a vow to me. Now get up, leave this territory, and return to your native land.'"

Moreover, Jacob had deceived Laban the Aramean, because he had never told him that he was intending to leave.

Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me."

But if you won't listen to us, then we're going to take our daughter and leave."

All his sons and daughters showed up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He kept saying, "Leave me alone! I'll go down to the next world, still mourning for my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.

If you're honest men, leave one of your brothers here in custody, then the rest of you can leave and take some grain with you to alleviate the famine that's affecting your households.

But the man who was in charge of the land responded, "I'm going to test your honesty. Leave one of your brothers with me, take some grain for the famine that's afflicting your households, and leave.

"Far be it from me to do this," Joseph responded. "The man in whose possession the cup was discovered will be my slave, but the rest of you may leave in peace to be with your father."

So we told Your Excellency, "The young man cannot leave his father, because if he were to do so, his father would die.'

At this point, Joseph could not control his emotions any longer, so he cried out to everyone who was standing nearby, "Everybody! Leave me!" As a result, none of his staff was anywhere near him when he revealed himself to his brothers.