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11 Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’(A)

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Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
    you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”

If you remove the yoke from among you,
    the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,(A)

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13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and return to the land of your birth.’ ”(A)

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16 But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” He said, “Here I am.”

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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.

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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.”

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

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Footnotes

  1. 3.4 Q ms Gk: MT called to Samuel

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.”

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15 He blessed Joseph and said,

“The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,(A)
16 the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys,
and in them let my name be perpetuated and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac,
and let them grow into a multitude on the earth.”(B)

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and said to them, “I see that your father does not regard me as favorably as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.(A)

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The Command to Sacrifice Isaac

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

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17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

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A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah

18 The Lord appeared to Abraham[a] by the oaks[b] of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18.1 Heb him
  2. 18.1 Or terebinths

The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.(A) And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.” The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her.” 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude.”(B) 11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,

“Now you have conceived and shall bear a son;
    you shall call him Ishmael,[a]
    for the Lord has given heed to your affliction.(C)
12 He shall be a wild ass of a man,
with his hand against everyone,
    and everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall live at odds with all his kin.”(D)

13 So she named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are El-roi,”[b] for she said, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?”[c](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 16.11 That is, God hears
  2. 16.13 Perhaps God of seeing or God who sees
  3. 16.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain