Genesis 46:2 — Community Reflections

GENESIS 46:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.”

And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said: Jacob! Jacob! He answered: here I am. The double naming — Jacob! Jacob! — and the hineni answer are the pattern of the most significant divine summons in the biblical narrative (Abraham in Genesis 22:11, Moses in Exodus 3:4, Samuel in 1 Samuel 3:10). The application: the posture of full availability — here I am — is the posture that is consistent from the wrestling at Peniel to the vision at Beersheba. Jacob's spiritual character at the end of his life is the same as it was at the moments of greatest testing.

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Carlos RiveraNote1mo ago

God Spoke to Israel in a Vision of the Night

Jacob is about to leave Canaan forever to go to Egypt. Before he goes, God appears to him in a vision and reassures him: I am God, don't fear, I will go down with you, I will bring you back. It's a l...