‘You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?’ asks the Lord who rules over all. ‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

“I will send it out,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”

They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, “Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him.”

Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.

Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.

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?”

The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.

The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived 110 years.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt – each man with his household entered with Jacob: