Lexicon :: Strong's H1004 - bayiṯ

“Make yourself an ark of gopher[fn] wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and outside.

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.

The LORD said to Abram:

Go from your land,

your relatives,

and your father’s house

to the land that I will show you.

Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s household.

But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife, Sarai.

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled[fn] his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.

But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ”[fn]

“Throughout your generations, every male among you is to be circumcised at eight days old ​— ​every male born in your household or purchased from any foreigner and not your offspring.

So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased ​— ​every male among the members of Abraham’s household ​— ​and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

And all the men of his household ​— ​whether born in his household or purchased from a foreigner ​— ​were circumcised with him.

“For I have chosen[fn] him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. This is how the LORD will fulfill to Abraham what he promised him.”

and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”

“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.”

But the angels[fn] reached out, brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

“So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me, ‘He’s my brother.’ ”

for the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your offspring’[fn] ​— ​he will send his angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

“Whose daughter are you? ” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night? ”

and said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

Laban said, “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD. Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

“but will go to my father’s family and to my clan to take a wife for my son.’

“He said to me, ‘The LORD before whom I have walked will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father’s family.

Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.

“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”

“and if I return safely to my father’s family, then the LORD will be my God.

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.

“For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The LORD has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family? ”

Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “Do we have any portion or inheritance in our father’s family?

“Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s family ​— ​but why have you stolen my gods? ”

“You’ve searched all my possessions! Have you found anything of yours?[fn] Put it here before my relatives and yours, and let them decide between the two of us.

“For twenty years in your household I served you ​— ​fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks ​— ​and you have changed my wages ten times!

but Jacob went to Succoth. He built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.[fn]

The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father’s family.

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went away.

They captured all their possessions, dependents, and wives and plundered everything in the houses.

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, and all the people of his household, as well as his herds, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan; he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He might die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving[fn] in the household of his Egyptian master.

Joseph found favor with his master and became his personal attendant. Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority.[fn]