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,

‘You are to say to Joseph, “I beg you, please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ Now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

So then the people stood afar off, and, Moses, approached unto the thick gloom, where God was.

No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed [from death], he shall most certainly be put to death.

"The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.

These words, spake Yahweh unto all the convocation of you in the mount out of the midst of the fire the cloud and the thick gloom, a loud voice, and added not, - and he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

And this [is] the manner of the remission of debt: every {creditor} shall remit his claim that he holds against his neighbor, and he shall not exact payment [from] his brother because there remission of debt has been proclaimed unto Yahweh.

"{If a matter is too difficult for you}, [for example disputes] between blood and blood, between legal claim and legal claim and between assault and assault [and between] matters of discernment in your {towns}, then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose;

But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked [wife] {by giving} him a double portion of {all that he has}, for he [is] the firstfruit of his vigor; to him [is] the legal claim of the birthright.

When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages. Tekoa, Ephrathah (that is, Bethlehem), Peor, Etam, Kulom, Tatam, Sores, Kerem, Gallim, Bether and Manach; eleven cities and their villages.

"Calm down! Don't be afraid." the LORD replied. "You're not going to die!"

and plunge it into the container or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. The priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is the way they treated all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.

And Jonathan clame upon hands and feet, and his harness bearer after him. Then they fell before Jonathan: and his harness bearer slew them after him.

But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?"

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah: “We have 10 shares in the king, so we have a greater claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Weren’t we the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than those of the men of Israel.

The Gibeonites said to him, "We have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel." David asked, "What then are you asking me to do for you?"

Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

Then, said Solomon, - Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom:

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."

When the Guild of Prophets who lived in Bethel came out to greet Elisha, they asked him, "You are aware, aren't you, that later today the LORD is going to remove your master from being your mentor?" "Of course I'm aware of it," he said. "Calm down."

The Guild of Prophets who lived in Jericho approached Elisha and asked him, "You are aware, aren't you, that later today the LORD is going to remove your master from being your mentor?" "Of course I'm aware of it," he said. "Calm down."

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

But in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family [who had a claim to be governor], came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation in the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds when you drove out nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has decided to dwell in the deep gloom.

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?"

I gave them this reply, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start building, but you have no share, right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.”

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,
never to return.

A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness
And brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.

“If you say, ‘How shall we [continue to] persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find [since we claim the root of these afflictions is found in him]?’

And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

“Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light],
And to the farthest bounds he searches out
The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

In gloom, I walked along, without sun, I arose - in the convocation, I cried out for help;

“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;
let God deal with him, not man.”

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

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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

You whose clothes get hot
when the south wind brings calm to the land,

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

“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?]

“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”

Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.

My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.

I will say onto GOD, - my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go, because of oppression by the enemy?

For, thou, art my defending God - Wherefore hast thou rejected me? Wherefore in gloom should I wander, because of the oppression of an enemy?

You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

When the Almighty scattereth kings therein, It will gleam like snow in the gloom:

They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

[Those who] sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron--

He brought them out of darkness and gloom, and tore off their bonds.

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

Then they were glad because of the calm,
And He guided them to their desired haven (harbor).

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];
My heart grows numb within me.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom;

A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.

A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow [to] {anger}, he will calm contention.

The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise,
That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

All his days also he eats in gloom, and he is greatly troubled, and has depression and anger.

The calm words of the wise are heeded
more than the shouts of a ruler over fools.

If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.

Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly because of these two smoldering stubs of firebrands, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.

and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

All the earth is calm and at rest;
people shout with a ringing cry.

There is an outcry in the streets over wine; all cheer turns to gloom; the fun times of the earth are banished.

On this mountain [Zion] the Lord of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples [to welcome His reign on earth],
A banquet of aged wines—choice pieces [flavored] with marrow,
Of refined, aged wines.

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

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see [the words of the book].

For this is what the LORD GOD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest you will be saved; in staying calm and trusting will be your strength. But you refused.

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

Jacob, why do you say,
and Israel, why do you assert:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my claim is ignored by my God”?

Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me -- since I established an ancient people -- let them announce future events!

therefore I declared to you long ago.
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’

They have been created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today,
so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’

I clothe the heavens with gloom, And, of sackcloth, make I their covering.

Who among you, revereth Yahweh, Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant, - That hath walked in dark places And hath had no gleam of light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh, And lean upon his God.

For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.

And if you offer yourself to [assist] the hungry
And satisfy the need of the afflicted,
Then your light will rise in darkness
And your gloom will become like midday.

Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us.
We [expectantly] hope for light, but only see darkness;
We hope for gleam of light, but we walk in darkness and gloom.

For lo! darkness, covereth the earth, And, deep gloom the peoples, - But, on thee, beameth Yahweh, And, his glory, on thee is seen.