30 occurrences

'Asked' in the Bible

Then He asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

Verse ConceptsNaked In ShameEating Forbidden FoodTelling Of People's SituationsGod Forbidding

So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.”

Verse ConceptsEveSin, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InThe Ancient SerpentWhat Do You Do?Eating Forbidden FoodAdam and eveAdam and eve disobey god

“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him.“There, in the tent,” he answered.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?sarah

But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’

Verse ConceptsWhy Do Others Do This?The Promise Of A Babysarah

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?Staying TemporarilyFathers And Daughters

Then I asked her: Whose daughter are you? She responded, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryWho Is This?This Is Me

and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”The servant answered, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.

Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say “my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.”

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?”And he replied, “I am.”

Verse ConceptsIs It Really?This Is Me

So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfDoing Things TwicePeople Naming PeopleGraspingPeople BlessingStoring Other Things

Jacob asked the men at the well, “My brothers! Where are you from?”“We’re from Haran,” they answered.

Verse ConceptsWhere From?

“Do you know Laban grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked them.They answered, “We know him.”

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenKnowing PeopleImmigrants

“Is he well?” Jacob asked.“Yes,” they said, “and here is his daughter Rachel, coming with his sheep.”

Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept Stock

Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Verse ConceptsWheat

Laban asked, “What should I give you?”And Jacob said, “You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.

Verse ConceptsFeeding AnimalsWhat Is This?Not ReceivingThose Who Kept Stock

“What is your name?” the man asked.“Jacob,” he replied.

Verse ConceptsTrinity

Then Jacob asked Him, “Please tell me Your name.”But He answered, “Why do you ask My name?” And He blessed him there.

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?What Is God's Name?Blessed By God

When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?”He answered, “The children God has graciously given your servant.”

Verse ConceptsBad ParentsChildren, attitudes towardsSanctity Of LifeChildren, A Gift From GodWho Is This?Gifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodSeeing People

“Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.

Verse ConceptsHating Individualsdominion

A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Verse ConceptsWandererswandering

“What should I give you?” he asked.She answered, “Your signet ring, your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she got pregnant by him.

Verse ConceptsSealsStaffConceptionCords

He asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?”“There has been no cult prostitute here,” they answered.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?whores

So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOther Sad People

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.“Where do you come from?” he asked.“From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.

Verse ConceptsPretenceAwarenessBuying FoodRecognising PeopledisguisesWhere From?

“Why did you cause me so much trouble?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man that you had another brother?”

Verse ConceptsPeople Actually Doing Evil

He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?”

Verse ConceptsLiving On

When he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother that you told me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessDivine FavourSalutationsThe Youngest ChildSeeing PeopleMothers And Sons

My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular Questions

Then Pharaoh asked his brothers, “What is your occupation?”And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants, both we and our fathers, are shepherds.”

Verse ConceptsOccupationsThose Who Kept Stock

When I rest with my fathers, carry me away from Egypt and bury me in their burial place.”Joseph answered, “I will do what you have asked.”

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsCarrying Dead BodiesThe Cave Of MachpelahGathered To One's People

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