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

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.”

Sarah Laughs

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

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

He said to them, “If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

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

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.

So they said, “Let’s call the girl and ask her opinion.”

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.

Isaac’s Deception

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.”

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

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?”

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

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

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

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.”

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.

And he told the first one: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you?’

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

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

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.”

Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Just give the girl to be my wife!”

“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.

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

“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.