275 questions on this theme across 8 books
“Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”
“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil?”
“Who told thee that thou wast naked?”
“What is this that thou hast done?”
“Why art thou wroth?”
“If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?”
“Am I my brother's keeper?”
“What hast thou done?”
“What is this that thou hast done unto me?”
“Why saidst thou, She is my sister?”
“Is not the whole land before thee?”
“Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”
“Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?”
“Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou?”
“Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?”
“Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?”
“Where is Sarah thy wife?”
“After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
“Did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?”
“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?”
“Have they done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me?”
“Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?”
“Wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”
“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
“Wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?”
“Where are the men which came in to thee this night?”
“Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you?”
“Hast thou here any besides?”
“Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?”
“Said he not unto me, She is my sister?”
“What hast thou done unto us?”
“What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?”
“Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck?”
“What aileth thee, Hagar?”
“What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?”
“But where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
“What is that betwixt me and thee?”
“Must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?”
“Whose daughter art thou?”
“Wherefore standest thou without?”
“Wilt thou go with this man?”
“What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?”
“If it be so, why am I thus?”
“And what profit shall this birthright do to me?”
“Who is this woman?”
“And how saidst thou, She is my sister?”
“What is this thou hast done unto us?”
“Come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?”
“Who art thou, my son?”
“How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?”
“Are you really my son Esau?”
“Art thou my very son Esau?”
“Who art thou?”
“And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? Where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him?”
“Is not he rightly named Jacob?”
“And what shall I do now unto thee, my son?”
“Hast thou but one blessing, my father?”
“Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?”
“If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?”
“My brethren, whence be ye?”
“Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?”
“Is it well with him?”
“Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought?”
“What is this thou hast done unto me?”
“Give me children, or I’ll die!?”
“Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?”
“Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband?”
“What shall I give thee?”
“Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?”
“Are we not counted of him strangers?”
“What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?”
“And didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?”
“Hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?”
“Now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?”
“What is my trespass?”
“Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff?”
“And what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?”
“When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou?”
“What is thy name?”
“Is it that thou dost ask after my name?”
“Who are those with thee?”
“What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?”
“What needeth it?”
“Such a thing should not be done?”
“Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?”
“Come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress?”
“Shalt thou indeed reign over us?”
“What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?”
“Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem?”
“What seekest thou?”
“What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?”
“And I, whither shall I go?”
“Do you recognize it?”
“What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?”
“Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?”
“What pledge shall I give thee?”
“Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side?”
“How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
“Look ye so sadly to day?”
“Do not interpretations belong to God?”
“Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?”
“Why do ye look one upon another?”
“Whence come ye?”
“And ye would not hear?”
“What is this that God hath done unto us?”
“How will I know that you are honest men?”
“Dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?”
“The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive?”
“Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake?”
“Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me?”
“Have ye rewarded evil for good?”
“Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?”
“Saith my lord these words?”
“How then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?”
“What deed is this that ye have done?”
“What shall we say unto my lord?”
“Have ye a father, or a brother?”
“How shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?”
“Doth my father yet live?”
“What is your occupation?”
“How old art thou?”
“For why should we die in thy presence?”
“Shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land?”
“Who are these?”
“They are the sons God has given me here?”
“Who shall rouse him up?”
“I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly?”
“For am I in the place of God?”
“When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him?”
“Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?”
“Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?”
“Smitest thou thy fellow?”
“Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?”
“How is it that ye are come so soon to day?”
“Where is he?”
“Why doesn’t the bush burn up?”
“Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground?”
“What is his name?”
“What if they do not believe me or listen to me?”
“Who hath made man's mouth?”
“Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother?”
“Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go?”
“Do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works?”
“The officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore ?”
“Dealest thou thus with thy servants?”
“Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people?”
“Why did you send me?”
“Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country?”
“How then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?”
“I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?”
“Lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?”
“Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me?”
“How long shall this man be a snare unto us?”
“But who are they that shall go?”
“Who is it you want to go?”
“Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind?”
“What mean ye by this service?”
“What is this?”
“Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
“Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?”
“Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?”
“Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today?”
“Criest thou unto me?”
“Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?”
“What shall we drink?”
“And what are we, that ye murmur against us?”
“And what are we?”
“What is it?”
“Why chide ye with me?”
“Is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
“What shall I do unto this people?”
“Is the LORD among us, or not?”
“What is this thing that thou doest to the people?”
“You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself?”
“We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey?”
“Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt?”
“LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?”
“Mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth?”
“What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?”
“Who is on the LORD'S side?”
“Wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight?”
“Now show me your glory?”
“Have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?”
“And if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?”
“Wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?”
“Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the wilderness?”
“Who shall give us flesh to eat?”
“Who will give us meat to eat? We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.”
“Hast thou afflicted thy servant?”
“Have I conceived all this people?”
“Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people?”
“Why came we forth out of Egypt?”
“Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’?”
“Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them?”
“Is the LORD'S hand waxed short?”
“Enviest thou for my sake?”
“Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses?”
“Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
“If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days?”
“What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad?”
“What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified?”
“How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not?”
“Wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey?”
“How long will this people provoke me?”
“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me?”
“Now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD?”
“Wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?”
“Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?”
“And seek ye the priesthood also?”
“And what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?”
“We will not come up! Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?”
“Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?”
“O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?”
“Shall we be consumed with dying?”
“Why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?”
“Wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place?”
“Must we fetch you water out of this rock?”
“The people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?”
“This horde is going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field?”
“What men are these with thee?”
“What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?”
“Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day?”
“Hast thou smitten thine ass these three times?”
“Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee?”
“Have I now any power at all to say any thing?”
“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?”
“Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel?”
“What hast thou done unto me?”
“Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?”
“What hath the LORD spoken?”
“Hath he said, and shall he not do it?”
“Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?”
“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly?”
“Who shall stir him up?”
“Who can live when God does this?”
“Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son?”
“Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?”
“Wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?”
“Select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee?”
“How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?”
“Whither shall we go up?”
“For what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?”
“What nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?”
“What nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?”
“Ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?”
“Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?”
“Hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?”
“Therefore why should we die?”
“Who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?”
“What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?”
“How can I dispossess them?”
“But you may say to yourselves, ‘These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?’”
“Who can stand up against the Anakites?”
“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul?”
“How did these nations serve their gods?”
“How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?”
“What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it?”
“What man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it?”
“What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?”
“What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted ?”
“Hath the LORD done thus unto this land?”
“Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?”
“Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?”
“Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?”
“Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise?”
“What kind of children are these?”
“How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?”
“Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?”
“Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge?”
“Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings?”
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?”
“What doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
“Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?”