Therefore, the ark of God dwelt in the house of Obededom for three months. And the Lord blessed his house and all that he had.
Laban said to him: "May I find grace in your sight. I have learned by experience that God has blessed me because of you.
And the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian, because of Joseph, and he multiplied all his substance, as much in the buildings, as in the fields.
And he was not willing to send the ark of the Lord to himself in the city of David. Instead, he sent it into the house of Obededom, the Gittite.
Now Obededom and his brothers were sixty-eight. And he appointed Obededom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah to be porters.
The blessing of the Lord causes riches. Affliction will not be a companion to them.