occurs but once (Eph. 3:15), and in this one passage the Greek word thus rendered is not that which is commonly rendered “house” or “household,” but that which designates those who have a common father and are of the same lineage. Blood-relationship, therefore, is the dominant idea associated with the word “family” in the Hebrew mind. Accordingly, we find that the family relation, as we commonly understand it, was developed among the Hebrews long before it existed in other parts of the world. To