'Answered' in the Bible

Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"

Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.

Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, 'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'

Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?

Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."

Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."

Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."

They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"