And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.