⁴ When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”

⁴ He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”^(A)

⁸ The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy.

⁶ The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.”

⁴ Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!”^[a] and he said, “Here I am!”^(A)

² God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”^(A)

¹¹ But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

The Command to Sacrifice Isaac

22 After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”