Study Desk

The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down,

Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me but let you live.

for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.

The men got up from there and looked out over Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to see them off.

I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.”

while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.

When Isaac had been there for some time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”

He said to them, “I can see from your father’s face that his attitude toward me is not the same as before, but the God of my father has been with me.

And he said, ‘Look up and see: all the males that are mating with the flocks are streaked, spotted, and speckled, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the sons, my sons; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

Leah’s daughter Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area.

Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Hebron Valley, and he went to Shechem.

So now, come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal ate him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”

Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “See, I am placing you over all the land of Egypt.”

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

“No,” he said to them. “You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”