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Translation: ESV

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And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said, 'Here I am.'

Key Message

'Here I am' is a response of complete dedication to God's call, and God reveals His will to those who respond this way.

▸God appears to Jacob in a vision of the night as he prepares to go down to Egypt.

God appears to Jacob in a vision of the night as he prepares to go down to Egypt. God's calling 'Jacob, Jacob' twice is an expression of urgency and intimacy. God called Abraham (Gen. 22:11), Moses (Exod. 3:4), and Samuel (1 Sam. 3:10) in the same way. Jacob's 'Here I am' is a response of complete dedication.

Related Verses

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' Then I said, 'Here I am! Send me.'
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Then he said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.'

Key Message

God knows our fears and responds to the place of fear with a promise.

▸God knows Jacob's fears and says 'Do not be afraid.

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I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.

Key Message

God accompanies us everywhere we go and walks with us to the very last moment of life.

▸God's declaration that He will go down to Egypt with Jacob shows that God accompanies His people even in a foreign land outside the promised land.

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Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

Key Message

No worldly position is greater than the emotion of genuine family love, and reunion after a long separation is evidence of God's faithfulness.

▸The reunion of Joseph and Jacob is one of the most moving reunions in Genesis.