37 occurrences

'Sent' in the Bible

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

Verse ConceptsRavensBirds, Types Of BirdsCrowsWanderersWaters Drying UpPeople Sending CreaturesFloodsflying

Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down,

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsPeople Sending CreaturesSeeing SituationsWaters Subsiding

So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysPeople WaitingPeople Sending Creatures

After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysPeople WaitingPeople Sending Creatures

So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Kings SummoningThose Who Did Not Tell

Then Pharaoh gave his men orders about him, and they sent him away with his wife and all he had.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTThe King's Orders

for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentSodom And GomorrahReprobatesGod Sending ProphetsOutcry

Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her, and Abraham’s servant and his men.

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningMarriage, The BrideNamed SistersPeople Sending People

And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me? You hated me and sent me away from you.”

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?Hating Individuals

They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyGoing In Peace

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character Of

Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.”

Verse ConceptsSeeing SituationsTaking A WifePeople Who Blessed Others

Why did you secretly flee from me, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and lyres,

Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, certainly now you would have sent me off empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and my hard work, and He issued His verdict last night.”

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessenger

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male and female slaves. I have sent this message to inform my lord, in order to seek your favor.’”

Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

then tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look, he is behind us.’”

So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelStaying Temporarily

Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.

Verse ConceptsCareCare, HumanPeople Sending People

They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”

Verse ConceptsMulti ColouredDistinguishingFinding ThingsColor

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get back the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

Verse ConceptsNot FindingNowhere To Be FoundWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

As she was being brought out, she sent her father-in-law this message: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Examine them. Whose signet ring, cord, and staff are these?”

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon. He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsPrisonersShavingPrisonsAccommodationsChanging ClothesIndividuals RunningClean ClothesKings SummoningPeople Set Free By PeopleEtiquette

At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakAt Daybreak

And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfKept Alive By GodIndividuals Saving OthersIdentitypreservation

God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

Verse ConceptsRemnantRescueEscaping EvilSurvivors Of IsraelIndividuals Saving OthersIdentityTaking Care Of The Earthdeliverance

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGovernorsRulersPromotionSpiritual FathersGod Sending ProphetsCaused By GodProvidence, Of God In CircumstancesIdentityIdentity In Christ

He sent his father the following: 10 donkeys carrying the best products of Egypt and 10 female donkeys carrying grain, food, and provisions for his father on the journey.

Verse ConceptsTen AnimalsMultitudes Of Donkeys

So Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Don’t argue on the way.”

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfSiblings

But when they told Jacob all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

Verse ConceptsRevival, Personalrevival

Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and their wives.

Verse ConceptsCartsImmigrants

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival at Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,

So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command:

Verse ConceptsBefore Death

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Station (86 instances)
Transmit (5 instances)
Transport (32 instances)

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