Genesis 46:2

And God sayde vnto Israel in a vision by nyghte and called vnto him: Iacob Iacob. And he answered: here am I.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

In Context

1Israel toke his iourney with all that he had and came vnto Berseba and offred offrynges vnto the God of his father Isaac.

3And he sayde: I am that mightie God of thy father feare not to goo downe in to Egipte. For I will make of the there a great people.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:13And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares.

Genesis 22:1After these dedes God dyd proue Abraham and sayde vnto him: Abraham. And he answered: here am I.

Genesis 31:11And the angell of God spake vnto me in a dreame saynge: Iacob. And I answered: here am I.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:2-5

Jacob Sacrifices at Beersheba. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his… Read the whole commentary →

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