Genesis 31:11
9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10 When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
12 ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
- KJV
- And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
- WEB
- The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’
- ASV
- And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
- DARBY
- And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.
- BLB
- And the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ And I said, ‘Behold, [it is] I.’
- ÅB
- Og Guds engel sa til meg i drømmen: Jakob! Og jeg sa: Ja, her er jeg.
- OTB
- Guds engel sa til meg i drømmen: ‘Jakob,’ og jeg svarte: ‘Her er jeg.’
- B1930
- Og Guds engel sa til mig i drømmen: Jakob! Og jeg sa: Ja, her er jeg.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 58:9
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
Read in contextGenesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
Read in contextGenesis 48:15–16
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
Read in contextGenesis 18:17
And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
Read in context1 Samuel 3:16
but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
Read in contextGenesis 31:5
and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:8
Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:4
Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
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