'Home' in the Bible

Then Isaac his father answered and said to him, "Your home shall be from the fatness of the land, and from the dew of heaven above.

If you will do this thing and God will command you, [then] you will be able to endure, and also each of the people will go to his home in peace."

[As for] your sister's nakedness, [whether] your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, [whether] {born at home} or {born abroad}, you must not expose their nakedness.

"When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and {he shall not be obligated with anything}; he shall be free from obligation, {to stay at home} for one year, and he shall bring joy [to] his wife that he took.

So the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned [home] and departed with the {Israelites} at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead to the land of their possession, which they had acquired {according to the command of Yahweh} through the hand of Moses.

When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each one went to his home.

And the man got up to go--he, his concubine, and his servant--but his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, said to him, "Please, the day has worn on to evening; please, spend the night, the day has drawn to a close. Spend the night here and {enjoy yourself}. You can rise early tomorrow for your journey and {go to your home}."

And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and he said, "May Yahweh give you an offspring from this woman in place of the petitioned [one] that she requested from Yahweh." Then they went to their home.

He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand {every month}; the work groups were a month in Lebanon and two months at home; now Adoniram was over the forced labor.

'Thus says Yahweh: "You shall not go up and you shall not fight with your brothers the {Israelites}. Return each of you to his house, for this thing was from me." '" So they heeded the word of Yahweh, and they returned to go home according to the word of Yahweh.

You have indeed defeated Edom and your heart is lifted up; enjoy the honor and stay home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall and Judah with you?"

And David feared God on that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God [home] to me?"

Then Amaziah dismissed the troops that came to him from Ephraim to go to their home. And {they became very angry} with Judah, and they returned to their home {in great anger}.

Look, you say [that] you have struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up to boast. Now remain at your home. Why stir up disaster that you fall, you and Judah with you?"

Now I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined [at home], and he said, "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill you--during the night they are coming to kill you."

that you may take it to its territory, and that you might discern the paths to its home?

Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.

God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

"[The] kings of armies flee, they flee, and she [who] remains at home divides [the] spoil.

Even a bird finds a home, and a swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, near your altars, O Yahweh [of] hosts, my king and my God.

where birds make [their] nest. [The] stork [has] its home in [the] fir trees.

For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a {long journey}.

The bag of money he took in his hand, for [on] the day of the full moon he will come home."

Do not lie in wait [like] an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence [to] his dwelling place.

The fool is so worn out by a hard day's work {he cannot even find his way home at night}.

They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets.

who made [the] world like the desert and destroyed its cities, [who] would not let his prisoners go home?'

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

Then Daniel went to his home, and he made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, his companions,

'You have looked for much, and look! [It came] to little; and [when] you brought [it] home, I blew it [away]. Why?' {declares} Yahweh of hosts. 'Because my house [is] desolate and you [are] running each to your own house!

But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your stretcher and go to your home."

And he got up [and] went to his home.

And [when he] entered again into Capernaum after [some] days, it became known that he was at home.

"I say to you, get up, pick up your stretcher, and go to your home."

And he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they were not even able to eat a meal.

And he did not permit him, but said to him, "Go to your home to your [people] and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and [that] he has had mercy on you."

And [when she] went to her home, she found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone.

And he sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

And it happened that when the days of his service came to an end, he went away to his home.

And Mary stayed with her about three months, and returned to her home.

But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," he said to the one who was paralyzed, "I say to you, 'Get up and pick up your stretcher [and] go to your home.'"

And immediately he stood up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, [and] went away to his home, glorifying God.

"Return to your home and tell all that God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

And [when he] returns to [his] home, he calls together [his] friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!'

And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, [when they] saw the things that had happened, returned [home] beating [their] breasts.

But Peter got up [and] ran to the tomb, and bending over to look, he saw only the [strips of] linen cloth, and he went away to his home wondering what had happened.

Behold, an hour is coming--and has come--that you will be scattered each one to his own [home], and you will leave me alone. And I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her into his own [home].

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining [matters] whenever I come.

But if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Therefore, [although we are] always confident and know that [while we] are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord--

so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home [in the body] or absent [from the body], to be acceptable to him.

[to be] self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.