One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house.

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

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

Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.

all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

The young woman ran and told her mother’s household all about these things.

So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the Lord was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,

Abram added, “Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”

They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.

So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door.

Laban said to him, “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! Why are you standing out here when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?”

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

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

Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”