Genesis 2:19; Genesis 3:13; Genesis 4:6; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 12:18; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 15:2; Genesis 15:8; Genesis 18:13; Genesis 20:9; Genesis 20:10; Genesis 21:17; Genesis 21:29; Genesis 23:15; Genesis 24:31; Genesis 25:22; Genesis 25:32; Genesis 26:10; Genesis 27:20; Genesis 27:37; Genesis 27:45; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:17; Genesis 29:15; Genesis 29:25; Genesis 30:31; Genesis 31:26; Genesis 31:27; Genesis 31:30; Genesis 31:32; Genesis 31:36; Genesis 31:37; Genesis 31:43; Genesis 32:27; Genesis 32:29; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 37:10; Genesis 37:15; Genesis 37:20; Genesis 37:26; Genesis 38:16; Genesis 38:18; Genesis 38:29; Genesis 39:8; Genesis 42:1; Genesis 42:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 44:4; Genesis 44:7; Genesis 44:15; Genesis 44:16; Genesis 46:33; Genesis 47:3; Genesis 47:8; Genesis 47:15; Genesis 47:19

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Genesis 2:19

19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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Genesis 3:13

13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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Genesis 4:6

6 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
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Genesis 4:10

10 The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
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Genesis 12:18

18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
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Genesis 12:19

19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
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Genesis 15:2

2 But Abram said, “Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
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Genesis 15:8

8 But Abram said, “Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”
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Genesis 18:13

13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’
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Genesis 20:9

9 Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”
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Genesis 20:10

10 And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
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Genesis 21:17

17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
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Genesis 21:29

29 and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”
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Genesis 23:15

15 “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
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Genesis 24:31

31 “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” he said. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
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Genesis 25:22

22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.
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Genesis 25:32

32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”
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Genesis 26:10

10 Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
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Genesis 27:20

20 Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The LORD your God gave me success,” he replied.
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Genesis 27:37

37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”
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Genesis 27:45

45 When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
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Genesis 27:46

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”
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Genesis 28:17

17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
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Genesis 29:15

15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
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Genesis 29:25

25 When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?”
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Genesis 30:31

31 “What shall I give you?” he asked. “Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:
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Genesis 31:26

26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.
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Genesis 31:27

27 Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?
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Genesis 31:30

30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”
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Genesis 31:32

32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.
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Genesis 31:36

36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?
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Genesis 31:37

37 Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.
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Genesis 31:43

43 Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne?
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Genesis 32:27

27 The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.
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Genesis 32:29

29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.
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Genesis 33:15

15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
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Genesis 37:10

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
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Genesis 37:15

15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
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Genesis 37:20

20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”
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Genesis 37:26

26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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Genesis 38:16

16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “And what will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.
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Genesis 38:18

18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?” “Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
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Genesis 38:29

29 But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.
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Genesis 39:8

8 But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.
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Genesis 42:1

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
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Genesis 42:28

28 “My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.” Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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Genesis 43:6

6 Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?”
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Genesis 44:4

4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
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Genesis 44:7

7 But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!
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Genesis 44:15

15 Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?”
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Genesis 44:16

16 “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.”
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Genesis 46:33

33 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
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Genesis 47:3

3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”
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Genesis 47:8

8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
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Genesis 47:15

15 When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.”
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Genesis 47:19

19 Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
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