'Replied' in the Bible
But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, what can you give me since I continue to be childless, and the heir of my household is Eliezer from Damascus?
But he replied, "Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
But God replied, "No, but your wife Sarah will give birth to your son, and you are to name him Isaac. I'll confirm my covenant with him as an eternal covenant for his descendants.
I'll bring some food for you, and after that you may continue your journey, since you have come to visit your servant." So they replied, "Okay! Do what you've proposed."
The men asked him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "There, in the tent," he replied.
But Sarah denied it. "I didn't laugh," she claimed, because she was afraid. The LORD replied, "No! You did laugh!"
Abraham continued to speak to him, asking, "What if 40 are found there?" The LORD replied, "I won't do it for the sake of those 40."
Finally, Abraham inquired, "I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak only once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "For the sake of those ten I won't destroy it."
But they replied, "Get out of the way! This man came here as a foreigner, and now he's acting like a judge! So we're going to deal more harshly with you than with them." Then they pushed hard against the man (that is, against Lot), intending to break down the door.
"All right," the angel replied to Lot, "I'll agree with your request! I won't overthrow the town that you mentioned.
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.
"I thought that there's no fear of God in this place," Abraham replied, "and that they would kill me because of my wife.
"I don't know who did this thing," Abimelech replied. "You didn't report this to me, and I didn't hear about it until today."
He replied, "You are to accept from me these seven ewe lambs as a witness that I have dug this well."
Isaac addressed his father Abraham: "My father!" "I'm here, my son," Abraham replied. Isaac asked, "The fire and the wood are here, but where's the lamb for the burnt offering?"
"Drink, sir!" she replied as she quickly lowered her jug on her arm to offer him a drink.
"That's when I asked, "Whose daughter are you?' "She replied, "I'm the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore for him.'
"Since this has come from the LORD," Laban and Bethuel both replied, "we cannot speak one way or another.
So they called Rebekah and asked her, "Do you want to go with this man?" "I will go," she replied.
"Look! I'm about to die," Esau replied. "What good is this birthright to me?"
Later on, the men of that place asked about his wife, so he replied, "She's my sister," because he was afraid to call her "my wife." He kept thinking, ""otherwise, the men around here will kill me on account of Rebekah, since she's very beautiful."
"My son," she replied, "let any curse against you fall on me. Just listen to me, then go and get them for me."
who went to his father and said, "My father"" "It's me!" he replied. "Which one are you, my son?"
He asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied.
"Come closer to me," Isaac replied, "so I can eat some of the game, my son, and then bless you." So Jacob came closer, and Isaac ate. Jacob also brought wine so his father could drink.
Isaac replied, "Your brother came here deceitfully and stole your blessing."
At this, his father Isaac replied to him, "Look! Away from the fertile land will be your dwellings; away from the dew of the skies above.
"Do you happen to know Nahor's son Laban?" he inquired. "We do," they replied.
"Look!" Jacob replied. "The sun is still high. It's not yet time for the flocks to be gathered. Let's water the sheep, then let them graze."
"It's better that I give her to you than to another man," Laban replied, "so stay with me."
In response, Leah asked her, "Wasn't it enough that you've taken away my husband? Now you also want to take my son's mandrakes!" But Rachel replied, "Okay, let's let Jacob sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."
But Jacob replied to Laban, "You know how I've served you and how your cattle thrived under my care.
"Okay," Laban replied. "We'll do it the way you've asked."
"Later, the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, "Jacob.' ""Here I am,' I replied
"I was afraid," Jacob replied. "I thought you might take your daughters from me.
and said, "Let me go, because the dawn has come." "I won't let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."
"Your name won't be Jacob anymore," the man replied, "but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you've emerged victorious."
But Esau replied, "I already have so much, my brother, so keep what belongs to you."
At this, his brothers replied, "Do you really think you're going to rule us or lord it over us?" So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his interpretations of them.
He asked the men who lived in that area, "Where's that temple prostitute who was sitting alongside the road at Enaim?" But they replied, "There's been no temple prostitute here."
"We had a dream," they replied, "but there's no one to interpret it." "Interpretations belong to God," Joseph told them, "so please tell me your stories."
Joseph replied, "This is what your dream means: The three baskets are also three days.
"I can't do that," Joseph replied, "but God is concerned about Pharaoh's well-being."
"Pharaoh's dreams are identical," Joseph replied. "God has told Pharaoh what he is getting ready to do.
As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he knew who they were, but he remained disguised and asked them gruffly, "Where are you from?" "From the land of Canaan," they replied. "We're here to buy food."
"No, your majesty," they replied. "Your servants have come here to buy food.
"Didn't I tell you!" Reuben replied. ""Don't wrong the kid!' I said, but would you listen? No! Now it's payback time!"
But Jacob replied, "My son isn't going back with you, since his brother is dead and he's the only one left. If something should harm him as you travel, then it'll be death for me and my sad, gray hair!"
Israel replied, "Why did you make all this trouble by telling the man that you have another brother?"
"If that's the way it has to be," their father Israel replied, "then do this: take some of the best produce of the land in your containers and take them to the man as a gift some resin ointment, some honey, fragrant resins, myrrh, pistachios, and almonds.
"Your servant, our father, is doing well," they replied. "He is still alive." Then they bowed down in humility.
"Your Excellency," they replied, "Why do you speak like this? Far be it from your servants to act like this.
"What can we say, Your Excellency?" Judah replied. "How can we explain this or justify ourselves? God has discovered the sin of your servants, and now we've become slaves to you, Your Excellency, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been discovered."
"It's enough," Israel replied. "My son Joseph is still alive. I'm going to go see him before I die!"
God spoke to Israel through night visions, addressing him, "Jacob! Jacob!" "Here I am!" Jacob replied.
"Your servants are shepherds," they replied, "both we and our ancestors. We've come to live for a while in this region, since there is no pasture back in Canaan for your servants' flocks. May your servants please live in the Goshen territory?"
Then Pharaoh replied to Joseph, "Now that your father and your brothers have come to you,
"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."
"You can surrender your livestock," Joseph replied. "I'll feed them in exchange, since your money is gone."
"You've saved our lives," they replied. "If it pleases you, your Excellency, we'll be Pharaoh's slaves."
Instead, when I've died, as my ancestors have, you are to carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their tomb." "I'll do what you've asked," Joseph replied.
"These are my sons," Joseph replied. "God gave them to me here in Egypt." "Please bring them close to me," Jacob said, "so I can bless them."
"Please go," Pharaoh replied. "Bury your father, as he asked you to do."