But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”
And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.”
and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
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