Genesis 12:15

12:15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife ¹  was taken ²  into the household of Pharaoh, ³ 

Genesis 17:27

17:27 All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

Genesis 24:38

24:38 but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find ⁴  a wife for my son.’

Genesis 28:19

28:19 He called that place Bethel, ⁵  although the former name of the town was Luz.

Genesis 28:21

28:21 and I return safely to my father’s home, ⁶  then the Lord will become my God.

Genesis 35:15

35:15 Jacob named the place ⁷  where God spoke with him Bethel. ⁸ 

Genesis 43:19

43:19 So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Genesis 45:2

45:2 He wept loudly; ⁹  the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it. ¹⁰ 

[12:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and the woman.” The word also means “wife”; the Hebrew article can express the possessive pronoun (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 19, §86). Here the proper name (Abram) has been used in the translation instead of a possessive pronoun (“his”) for clarity.

[12:15]  ² tn The Hebrew term וַתֻּקַּח (vattuqqakh, “was taken”) is a rare verbal form, an old Qal passive preterite from the verb “to take.” It is pointed as a Hophal would be by the Masoretes, but does not have a Hophal meaning.

[12:15]  ³ tn The Hebrew text simply has “house of Pharaoh.” The word “house” refers to the household in general, more specifically to the royal harem.

[24:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “but to the house of my father you must go and to my family and you must take a wife for my son.”

[28:19]  ⁷ tn The name Bethel means “house of God” in Hebrew (see v. 17).

[28:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I return in peace to the house of my father.”

[35:15]  ¹³ sn Called the name of the place. In view of the previous naming of Bethel in Gen 28:19, here Jacob was confirming or affirming the name through an official ritual marking the fulfillment of the vow. This place now did become Bethel, the house of God.

[35:15]  ¹⁴ tn The name Bethel means “house of God” in Hebrew.

[45:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he gave his voice in weeping,” meaning that Joseph could not restrain himself and wept out loud.

[45:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the Egyptians heard and the household of Pharaoh heard.” Presumably in the latter case this was by means of a report.