A "house" is essentially a container -- for a person, a family, several families or even a large group with shared interests (think of the term "houses of worship.") In the Bible, a "house" is also a container, but for spiritual things rather than natural things. In various uses a "house" can represent part of the mind, the whole mind, a whole person or even a church. The other nuance to the word "house" is that it is generally used in regards to our affections and desires rather than our thoughts and principles. This makes sense; we tend to engage our thoughts and rationality when we are out in the world doing our work, but when we are inside our houses we are driven most by love for our families and the desire to be good to those we love. So "house" tends to represent the things we want and care about -- which are ultimately the things that define us.

6100. 'And went out from before Pharaoh' means a temporary separation. This is clear from the meaning of 'going out' as becoming separated, in this case separated for a time from the natural, where factual knowledge represented by 'Pharaoh' resides. The situation with the meaning of 'going out' as becoming separated is this: Previous sections have dealt with the joining of spiritual good from the natural, which is 'Israel', and also of the Church's truths in the natural, which are 'his sons', to the internal celestial, which is 'Joseph'. But the actual joining to the natural has not yet been effected, only an introduction into it. What will now follow below, at verses 17-27, deals with that actual joining together - see Contents, 6059, 6060. Thus it is that 'Jacob went out from before Pharaoh' means a temporary separation.