Genesis 22:11
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
KJV
Et ecce angelus Domini de cælo clamavit, dicens : Abraham, Abraham. Qui respondit : Adsum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀβραὰμ Ἀβραάμ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἰδού ἐγώ.
LXX
And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א אֵלָ֜י/ו מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ מִן הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֣ם אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§332Angels have been present since creation and throughout the history of salvation, announcing this salvation from afar or near and serving the accomplishment of the divine plan: they closed the earthly paradise; protected Lot; saved Hagar and her child; stayed Abraham's hand; communicated the law by their ministry; led the People of God; announced births and callings; and assiste…
§1819Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.86 "Hoping against hope, he believed, and thus became the father of many nations."87
The division of prophecy into its species Is the more excellent prophecy that which is without imaginative vision? The various degrees of prophecy Was Moses the greatest of the prophets? Can a comprehensor be a prophet? Did prophecy advance in perfection as time went on? Article 1. Whether prophecy is fittingly divided into the prophecy of divine predestination, of foreknowledg…
Cross-references
- Acts 9:4 — And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
- Exod 3:4 — And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
- Exod 3:4 — And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
- Gen 16:7 — And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Gen 16:9 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
- Gen 21:17 — And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
- Gen 22:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
- Gen 22:16 — And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- Gen 46:2 — And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
- Isa 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.