Genesis 22:11

And lo! the angel of the Lord cried from heaven, and said, Abraham! Abraham! Which answered, I am present (or I am here).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

In Context

10And he held forth his hand, and took the sword to sacrifice his son. (And he stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to sacrifice his son.)

12And the angel said to him, Hold thou not forth thine hand on the child, neither do thou anything (of harm) to him; now I know that thou dreadest God, and sparedest not thine one begotten son for me. (And the angel said to him, Do not thou raise thy hand against the boy, nor do thou any harm to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, for thou hast not withheld thy only son from me.)

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Cross References

Genesis 16:9And the angel of the Lord said to her, Turn thou again to thy lady (or Return to thy lady), and be thou meeked under her hands.

Genesis 22:1And after that these things were done, God assayed Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! Abraham! He answered, I am present (or I am here).

Genesis 22:16and said, The Lord saith, I have sworn by myself, for thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine one begotten son for me, (and said, The Lord saith, I swear by myself, because thou hast done this thing, and thou hast not withheld thy only son from me,)

Genesis 46:2he heard God by a vision in that night calling to him (or he heard God in a vision that night calling to him), and saying to him, Jacob! Jacob! To whom he answered, Lo! I am present.

Judges 2:1And the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to the place of Weepers (or And the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim), and said, I led you out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land, for which I swore to your fathers, and promised, that I should not make void my covenant with you into without end;

1 Samuel 3:10And the Lord came, and stood, and called as he had called the second time, (or and called to him as he had called the other times, saying), Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said, Speak thou, Lord, for thy servant heareth.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:4-11

Abraham's Obedience. ( b. c. 1872.) 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the… Read the whole commentary →

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