Genesis 31:11

11 In the dream the Messenger of God called to me, 'Jacob!' And I answered, 'Yes, here I am.'

Genesis 31:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:11

And the Angel of God spake unto me in a dream
In the same dream before related, and to direct him to observe what was presented to him, and to confirm what he saw, and lead him to the design and use of it. This was not a created angel, but the eternal one, the Son of God, and who is afterwards called God, and to whom Jacob had made a vow, which he would never have done to an angel; but to God only, as Ben Melech observes: [saying], Jacob; and I said, here [am] I;
the Angel called him by his name, to which he answered, and signified that he was ready to attend to whatsoever he should say to him.

Genesis 31:11 In-Context

9 So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.
10 "During the mating season I had a dream: I looked up and saw that the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, or spotted.
11 In the dream the Messenger of God called to me, 'Jacob!' And I answered, 'Yes, here I am.'
12 He said, 'Look up and see that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, or spotted, because I have seen everything that Laban is doing to you.
13 I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on a stone marker for a holy purpose and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land, and go back to the land of your relatives.'"
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