And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
WEB
Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
YLT
And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, `Here am I;'
DBT
And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)