'Answered' in the Bible

"We may eat from the trees of the garden," the woman answered the Shining One,

"I heard your voice in the garden," the man answered, "and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid from you."

The man answered, "The woman whom you provided for me gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate some of it."

Then the LORD God asked the woman, "What did you do?" "The Shining One misled me," the woman answered, "so I ate."

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

But Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Abram answered Sarai, "Look, your servant is under your control, so do to her as you wish." So Sarai dealt so harshly with Hagar that she ran away from Sarai.

"Hagar, servant of Sarai," he asked, "Where are you coming from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."

Abraham answered, "Look, even though I am only dust and ashes, I've ventured to speak to my LORD.

Abraham then asked, "I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak. What if 30 are found there?" The LORD answered, "I won't do it for the sake of those 30."

Sometime later, God tested Abraham. He called out to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.

Abraham answered, "God will provide himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son."

Just then, an angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven and said, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he answered.

So Ephron answered Abraham,

"I am the daughter of Bethuel," she answered. "He's the son of Milcah and Nahor.

"Please don't delay me," the servant answered them. "The LORD has made my journey successful. Send me off so I can return to my master."

But his father Isaac asked him, "Who are you?" "I'm Esau, your firstborn son," he answered.

Jacob asked them, "My brothers, where are you from?" "We're from Haran," they answered.

So he asked them, "How's he doing?" "Very well," they answered. "As a matter of fact, look over there! That's his daughter Rachel, coming here with his sheep."

But Laban answered Jacob, "These women are my daughters. These children are my children. The flocks are mine. In fact, everything that you see belongs to me. But what would I do today to my daughters and the children they have borne?

"The children, whom God has graciously given your servant," he answered. Then the women servants approached, accompanied by their children, and bowed low.

Then Esau asked, "What are all these livestock for?" "To solicit favor from you, sir," Jacob answered.

But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceptively, because Shechem had dishonored their sister Dinah.

Then let's get up and go to Bethel, where I'll build an altar to the God who answered me when I was in distress and who was with me on the road, wherever I went."

"They've already left," the man answered. "I heard them saying that they were headed to Dothan." So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.

"The man specifically asked about us and our relatives," they responded. "He asked us, "Is your father still alive?' and "Do you have another brother?' So we answered his questions. How could we have known that he would tell us to bring our brother back with us?"

and we answered Your Excellency, "We have an aged father and a younger child who was born when he was old. His brother is now dead, so he's the only surviving son of his mother. His father loves him.'