11But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.


In Context

8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.

9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.

12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Genesis 22:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:11And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:11And behold an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:11And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:11And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:11And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:11And the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here am I.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:11The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, |Abraham, Abraham!| He said, |Here I am.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:11And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, 'Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, 'Here am I;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:11And the angel of the LORD called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.