'Allow' in the Bible

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, "She is his wife.' Then they'll kill me, but allow you to live.

Then God replied to him in the dream, "I know that you did this with pure intentions, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore, I didn't allow you to touch her.

"We've seen that the LORD is with you," they responded, "so we're proposing an agreement between us between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

Even so, your father has cheated me. He broke our wage agreement ten times. However, God didn't allow him to harm me.

As it is, you didn't even allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye! You've acted foolishly.

So allow yourself to go ahead of your servant while I travel more slowly, letting the herds set their own pace with the children until I arrive to see my lord in Seir."

because their holdings were too vast to allow them to stay together, since the land where they had settled was not able to support all of their livestock.

But Judah approached him and begged him, "Your Excellency, please allow your servant to speak to you privately. Please don't be angry with your servant, since you are equal to Pharaoh.

Therefore, please allow your servant to remain as a slave to Your Excellency, instead of the young man, and let the young man go back home with his brothers.