Genesis 46:2
Good News Translation
God spoke to him in a vision at night and called, "Jacob, Jacob!" "Yes, here I am," he answered.

New Revised Standard Version
God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”

Contemporary English Version
That night, God spoke to him in a dream and said, "Jacob! Jacob!" "Here I am," Jacob answered.

New American Bible
There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called: Jacob! Jacob! He answered, “Here I am.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
He heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.

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He heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.

in the visions.

Genesis 15:1,13 Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great. . . .

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

Numbers 12:6 He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

Numbers 24:4 The bearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened:

2 Chronicles 26:5 And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias that understood and saw God: and as long as he sought the Lord, he directed him in all things.

Job 4:13 In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,

Job 33:14,15 God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time. . . .

Daniel 2:19 Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven,

Acts 9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision: Ananias, And he said: Behold I am here, Lord.

Acts 10:3 This man saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him and saying to him: Cornelius.

Acts 16:9 And a vision was shewed to Paul in the night, which was a man of Macedonia standing and beseeching him and saying: Pass over into Macedonia and help us.

Jacob.

Genesis 22:1 After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

Exodus 3:3,4 And Moses said: I will go, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. . . .

1 Samuel 3:4,10 And the Lord called Samuel. And he answered: Here am I. . . .

Acts 9:4 And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Acts 10:13 And there came a voice to him: Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.

Context
Jacob's Journey to Egypt
1And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac, 2He heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.3God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.…
Cross References
Genesis 15:1
Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

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

Genesis 31:11
And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am.

Numbers 12:6
He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

Job 33:14
God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.

Job 33:15
By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:

Genesis 46:1
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