'Claim' in the Bible

So Abimelech called Isaac and confronted him. "She is definitely your wife!" he accused him, "So why did you claim, "She's my sister?'" Isaac responded, "Because I had thought ""otherwise, I'll die on account of her.'"

When Joseph's master heard his wife's claim to the effect that "This is how your servant treated me," he flew into a rage,

Seat two wicked men in front of him, and make them testify against him. Tell them to claim "You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."

You claim you've defeated Edom, but you're really only puffed up with arrogant boasting. So stay home. Why stir up trouble so you die, and the rest of Judah with you?"

In reply to them, I said, "The God of Heaven will prosper us. That's why we're preparing to build. But as far as you're concerned, there exists no ancestral heritage, no legal right, nor any historic claim in Jerusalem.

"So that you cannot claim, "We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man;

Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.

"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'

Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?

Many claim "I'm a loyal person!" but who can find someone who truly is?

Or else let it lay claim to my protection; let it make peace with me, yes, let it make peace with me."

Even though Edom may claim, "We were crushed, but we will return and rebuild the ruins,' this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "They may rebuild, but I'll demolish. People will call them, "The Wicked Land,' and, "The People With Whom the LORD is Forever Angry.'