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What the Bible Says About Son-in-Law

Overview

The Bible addresses son-in-law across 9 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Genesis, Mark and Luke. Closely related themes include Animals, Jacob, Laban and Sheep. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Jacob, Laban and Andrew.

Key Bible verses about son-in-law

Old Testament

Genesis

Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Genesis 30:38

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

Genesis 30:39

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

Genesis 30:40

And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

Genesis 30:41

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

Genesis 30:42

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

People in the Bible and son-in-law

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying son-in-law for yourself

  • Begin with Genesis 30:37, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Genesis, Mark and Luke each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Jacob, Laban and Andrew and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Animals, Jacob, Laban and Sheep.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about son-in-law?

The Bible addresses son-in-law across 9 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Genesis, Mark and Luke. Closely related themes include Animals, Jacob, Laban and Sheep. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Jacob, Laban and Andrew.

How many Bible verses are about son-in-law?

The Bible references son-in-law in 9 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention son-in-law?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 30:37: “And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.”

Which people in the Bible are associated with son-in-law?

Jacob, Laban and Andrew.

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