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Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why is your face gloomy?
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Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
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Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for myself as a wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go!”
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But the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I actually give birth to a child, when I am so old?’
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And he said, “Come in, blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside, since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?”
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But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why am I in this condition?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
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Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
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until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send word and get you from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?”
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So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this that you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?”
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Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre;
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Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?”
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And Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.
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So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so sad today?”
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Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
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Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, by telling the man whether you still had another brother?”
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They had just left the city, and were not far away, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
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And they said to him, “Why does my lord say such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph saying, “Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone.”
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Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
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So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?”
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Now he went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender, “Why are you striking your companion?”
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When they came to their father Reuel, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?”
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So he said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
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So Moses said, “I must turn aside and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!”
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But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you let the people neglect their work? Get back to your labors!”
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Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not completed your required task of making bricks either yesterday or today, as before?”
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Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?
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Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me?
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Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt?
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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.
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So the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water so that we may drink!” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
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But the people were thirsty for water there; and they grumbled against Moses and said, “Why is it that you have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
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Now when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”
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Moses’ Plea
Then Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
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Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘With evil motives He brought them out, to kill them on the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent of doing harm to Your people.
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“Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to take away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord.
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Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a dead person, why are we kept from presenting the offering of the Lord at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?”
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So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have put the burden of all this people on me?
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but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nose and makes you nauseated; because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”
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With him I speak mouth to mouth, That is, openly, and not using mysterious language, And he beholds the form of the Lord. So why were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?”
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So why is the Lord bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder! Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
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But Moses said, “Why then are you violating the command of the Lord, when doing so will not succeed?
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They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone far enough! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
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Why then have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?
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Why did you make us come up from Egypt, to bring us into this wretched place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink!”
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So the people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we are disgusted with this miserable food.”
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Then the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was reckless and contrary to me.
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Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send word to you to call for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I really unable to honor you?”
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Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family simply because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
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And why are you discouraging the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land which the Lord has given them?
