83 Bible Verses About Leaving Home

And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lehem–judah, and was there four whole months.

And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.

And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: