'Know' in the Bible

Later, the LORD asked Cain, "Where's your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he answered. "Am I my brother's guardian?"

But he replied, "Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

I'm going down to see whether they've acted according to the protests that have reached me. If not, I wish to know."

Then God replied to him in the dream, "I know that you did this with pure intentions, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore, I didn't allow you to touch her.

"I don't know who did this thing," Abimelech replied. "You didn't report this to me, and I didn't hear about it until today."

May it be that the young woman to whom I ask, "Please, lower your jug so that I may drink,' responds, "Have a drink, and I'll water your camels as well.' May she be the one whom you have chosen for your servant Isaac. This is how I'll know that you have shown your gracious love to my master."

So Isaac told Jacob, "Come here, my son, so I can feel you and know for sure whether or not you're my son Esau."

"Do you happen to know Nahor's son Laban?" he inquired. "We do," they replied.

But Jacob replied to Laban, "You know how I've served you and how your cattle thrived under my care.

You know I've been serving your father with all my heart.

Now as to your gods, if you find someone has them in their possession, he's a dead man. Take our relatives as witnesses, search through our belongings, and take whatever belongs to you that's in my possession." But Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

"Sir, you know that the children are frail," Jacob suggested, "and the ewes and cows with me are still nursing their young. If they're driven even for a day, the entire flock will die.

We've also brought along some more money to buy supplies, but we don't know who put our money back into our sacks."

and Joseph asked them, "Why did you do this? Don't you know that I'm an expert at divination?"

"Then your servant, our father, told us, "You know my wife bore me two sons.

But his father refused. "I know," he said. "I know. He's going to produce a large nation, and he's going to be very great. However, his younger brother will become even greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations."