Genesis 22:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.

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  • Gen 16:7 : 7 The LORD’s angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the wilderness– the spring that is along the road to Shur.
  • Gen 16:9-9 : 9 Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“Return to your mistress and submit to her authority. 10 I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”
  • Gen 21:17 : 17 But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her,“What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.
  • Exod 3:4 : 4 When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.”
  • 1 Sam 3:10 : 10 Then the LORD came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done,“Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied,“Speak, for your servant is listening!”
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
  • Acts 26:14 : 14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’
  • Gen 22:1 : 1 The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.
  • Gen 22:12 : 12 “Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
  • Gen 22:16 : 16 and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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  • Gen 22:12-16
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    12“Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

    13Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

    14And Abraham called the name of that place“The LORD provides.” It is said to this day,“In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made.”

    15The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

    16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    83%

    1The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.

    2God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”

  • Gen 22:4-10
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    4On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

    5So he said to his servants,“You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you.”

    6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together.

    7Isaac said to his father Abraham,“My father?”“What is it, my son?” he replied.“Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said,“but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

    8“God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.

    9When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

    10Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.

  • Gen 31:11
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    11In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.

  • Gen 21:17
    76%

    17But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her,“What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.

  • Gen 28:13
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    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Gen 46:2
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    2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”

  • 1 Sam 3:4
    73%

    4The LORD called to Samuel, and he replied,“Here I am!”

  • Heb 11:17
    73%

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

  • Gen 24:6-7
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    6“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

    7“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

  • 1 Sam 3:16
    73%

    16However, Eli called Samuel and said,“Samuel, my son!” He replied,“Here I am.”

  • Gen 19:27
    73%

    27Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

  • Exod 3:4
    72%

    4When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.”

  • Gen 26:24
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    24The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

  • Gen 12:1
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    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

  • Gen 17:3
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    3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

  • Gen 12:7
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    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

  • Gen 15:1
    71%

    1The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”