'Household' in the Bible
Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.
Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'
Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Family (608 instances)
- Garrison (19 instances)
- Habitual (11 instances)
- Home (454 instances)
- House (2166 instances)
- Household (360 instances)
- Simple (46 instances)
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