Abram answered: The Lord God Most High made the heavens and the earth. And I have promised him

Abraham answered: I did it because I didn't think any of you respected God, and I was sure that someone would kill me to get my wife.

Ephron was sitting there near the city gate, when Abraham made this request, and he answered,

Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.

and God answered Leah's prayers by giving her a fifth son.

Jacob answered: You've seen how hard I've worked for you, and you know how your flocks and herds have grown under my care.

Then God's angel called me by name. I answered,

Afterwards, we'll go to Bethel. I will build an altar there for God, who answered my prayers when I was in trouble and who has always been at my side.

Joseph asked his brothers if his father was still alive, but they were too frightened to answer.

and the Lord answered his prayer. Not a fly was left to pester the king, his officials, or anyone else in Egypt.

The trumpet blew louder and louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with thunder.

Aaron answered: Don't be angry with me. You know as well as I do that they are determined to do evil.

The Lord answered: All right. I am the Lord, and I show mercy and kindness to anyone I choose. I will let you see my glory and hear my holy name,

Then the Lord said to Moses: In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them.

The Lord answered Moses,

and when we begged our Lord for help, he answered our prayer and brought us out of that land. Now we are camped at the border of your territory, near the town of Kadesh.

and the Lord answered:

Moses answered: You mean you'd stay here while the rest of the Israelites go into battle?

The men from Reuben and Gad answered: Sir, we will do just what you have said.

When the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt, you saw how he fought for you and showed his great power by performing terrifying miracles. You became his people, and at Mount Sinai you heard him talking to you out of fiery flames. And yet you are still alive! Has anything like this ever happened since the time God created humans? No matter where you go or who you ask, you will get the same answer. No one has ever heard of another god even trying to do such things as the Lord your God has done for you.

Then you will answer: We were slaves of the king of Egypt, but the Lord used his great power and set us free.

The Lord Answered the Prayers of Moses

(Exodus 34.9,10,27-29)

Moses said to Israel:

When I had taken the second set of stones up the mountain, I spent 40 days and nights there, just as I had done before. Once again, the Lord answered my prayer and did not destroy you.

Since the message comes from me, anyone who doesn't obey the message will have to answer to me.

And they will be given this answer: Our ancestors worshiped the Lord, but after he brought them out of Egypt and made an agreement with them, they rejected the agreement

The men answered: We'll cross the Jordan River and help our relatives. We'll fight anywhere you send us.

The Lord answered: Stop lying there on the ground! Get up!

The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh answered:

The people answered: We could never worship other gods or stop worshiping the Lord.

She and her wisest women gave the same answer:

Gideon answered: Don't be upset! Even though you came later, you were able to do much more than I did. It's just like the grape harvest: The grapes your tribe doesn't even bother to pick are better than the best grapes my family can grow.

After leaving Succoth, Gideon went to Penuel and asked the leaders there for some food. But he got the same answer as he did at Succoth.

God answered Manoah's prayer, and the angel went back to Manoah's wife while she was resting in the fields. Manoah wasn't there at the time,

Samson said: Once so strong and mighty— now so sweet and tasty! Three days went by, and the Philistine young men had not come up with the right answer.

For the entire seven days of the party, she had been whining and trying to get the answer from him. But that seventh day she put so much pressure on Samson that he finally gave in and told her the answer. She went straight to the young men and told them.

Before sunset that day, the men of the town went to Samson with this answer: A lion is the strongest— honey is the sweetest! Samson replied, This answer you have given me doubtless came from my bride-to-be.

The husband of the murdered woman answered: My wife and I went into the town of Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

Samuel begged the Lord to rescue Israel, then he sacrificed a young lamb to the Lord. Samuel had not even finished offering the sacrifice when the Philistines started to attack. But the Lord answered his prayer and made thunder crash all around them. The Philistines panicked and ran away.

The Lord answered: Samuel, do everything they want you to do. I am really the one they have rejected as their king.

and you will finally cry out for the Lord to save you from the king you wanted. But the Lord won't answer your prayers.

Let me ask this. Have I ever taken anyone's ox or donkey or forced you to give me anything? Have I ever hurt anyone or taken a bribe to give an unfair decision? Answer me so the Lord and his chosen king can hear you. And if I have done any of these things, I will give it all back.

Samuel answered: Even though what you did was wrong, you don't need to be afraid. But you must always follow the Lord and worship him with all your heart.

Then he turned and asked another soldier the same thing he had asked the others, and he got the same answer.

David answered: You've come out to fight me with a sword and a spear and a dagger. But I've come out to fight you in the name of the Lord All-Powerful. He is the God of Israel's army, and you have insulted him too!

David answered: Tomorrow is the New Moon Festival, and I'm supposed to eat dinner with your father. But instead, I'll hide in a field until the evening of the next day.

David's men went to Nabal and gave him David's message, then they waited for Nabal's answer.

So he asked the Lord what to do. But the Lord would not answer, either in a dream or by a priest or a prophet.

Ishbosheth was so afraid of Abner that he could not even answer.

David answered: I swear that only the Lord rescues me when I'm in trouble!

David asked the Lord what he should do, and the Lord answered: Don't attack them from the front. Circle around behind and attack from among the balsam trees.

Barzillai answered: Your Majesty, why should I go to Jerusalem? I don't have much longer to live.