Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

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

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

However, 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 flocks, saying, “In this way you shall speak to Esau when you find him;

But he was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.

So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

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

But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.

So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the people of their city, saying,

Then God went up from him at the place where He had spoken with him.

So Jacob set up a memorial stone in the place where He had spoken with him, a memorial of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.

And Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

And 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.

Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.

Then she spoke to him with these words: “The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make fun of me;

Joseph Imprisoned

Now when his master heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” his anger burned.

Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I would make mention today of my own offenses.

It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. He said to them, “Where have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

Then he turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you.”

Judah spoke to him, however, saying, “The man sternly warned us, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’