¹⁴ And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months. ^(A)And the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.

⁴ And ^(A)Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, ^(B)for God blessed him.

^10 (A)Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby ^(B)put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open ^(C)the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. ¹¹ I will rebuke ^(D)the devourer^[a] for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.

⁵ From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house ^(A)for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field.

²⁷ But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that^[a] the Lord has blessed me because of you.