Cross References → Genesis 22:11

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.” ... saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur. ... So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.” Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’