11And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
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And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
And 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.
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. …
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-14)Hitherto this story has been very melancholy, and seemed to hasten towards a most tragical period; but here the sky suddenly clears up, the sun breaks out, and a bright and pleasant scene opens. The same hand that had wounded and cast down here heals and lifts up; for, though he cause grief, he will have compassion. The angel of the Lord , that is, God himself, the eternal Word, the angel of the c…
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