The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’
Parallel translations
- KJV And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
- BSB In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
- NKJV Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’
- NASB Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob’; and I said, ‘Here I am.’
- NLT Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.’
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- Isa 58:9Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
- Gen 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”
- Gen 31:5and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
- 1 Sam 3:4Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.”
- Gen 18:17Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
- Gen 48:15–16He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
- Exod 3:4When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”
- 1 Sam 3:16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”
- 1 Sam 3:6Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.”
- 1 Sam 3:8Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
- Gen 22:1After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
- Gen 18:1Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- Gen 16:7–13Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
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