'Speak' in the Bible

And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

And he said, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the twenty.”

Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”

But when food was set before him to eat, he said, “I will not eat until I have told my business.” And he said, “Speak on.”

Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “The matter comes from the Lord; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and said to him, “Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.”

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to speak either good or bad to Jacob.’

Then he commanded also the second and the third, and all those who followed the droves, saying, “After this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.

They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.

So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”

Then Judah approached him, and said, “Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.

When the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying,