Genesis 46:2

he 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.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

1And Israel went forth with all things that he had, and he came to the well of (the) oath, (or And Jacob went forth with all that he had, and he came to Beersheba); and when sacrifices were slain there to [the] God of his father Isaac,

3God said to him, I am the full strong God of thy father; do not thou dread, go down into Egypt, for I shall make thee there into a great folk; (And God said to him, I am the very strong God of thy father; do not thou fear, but go down to Egypt, for there I shall make thee into a great nation;)

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Cross References

Genesis 15:13And it was said to him, Know thou (a) before-knowing, that thy seed shall be [a] pilgrim four hundred years in a land not his own, and they shall make them subject to servage, and they shall torment them; (And the Lord said to him, Know thou a fore-knowing, that thy descendants shall be foreigners in a land not their own, and they shall make them subject to servitude, or to slavery, and they shall torment them for four hundred years;)

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 31:11And the angel of the Lord said to me in sleep, Jacob! and I answered, I am ready (or I am here).

Numbers 12:6he said to them, Hear ye my words; if any among you is a prophet of the Lord, I shall appear to him in revelation, either I shall speak to him by a dream.

Judges 7:2And the Lord said to Gideon, (Too) Much people is with thee, and Midian shall not be betaken into the hands thereof, lest Israel have glory against me, and say, I am delivered by my strengths. (And the Lord said to Gideon, Too many people be with thee, and the Midianites shall not be delivered into their hands, lest the people of Israel take the glory from me, and say, We were saved by our own strength.)

1 Samuel 3:4And the Lord called Samuel; and he answered and said, Lo! I./Lo! I am ready. (the Lord called to Samuel; and he answered and said, Behold! I am here.)

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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