4And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
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And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)The years of the life of Moses are remarkably divided into three forties: the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh’s court, the second a shepherd in Midian, the third a king in Jeshurun; so changeable is the life of men, especially the life of good men. He had now finished his second forty, when he received his commission to bring Israel out of Egypt. Note, Sometimes it is long before God c…
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