Genesis 22:11

22:11 But the Lord’s angel ¹  called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered.

Genesis 24:33

24:33 When food was served, ²  he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” ³  “Tell us,” Laban said. ⁴ 

Genesis 27:18

27:18 He went to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac ⁵  replied, “Here I am. Which are you, my son?” ⁶ 

Genesis 27:32

27:32 His father Isaac asked, ⁷  “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” ⁸  he replied, “Esau!”

Genesis 32:26

32:26 Then the man ⁹  said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” ¹⁰  “I will not let you go,” Jacob replied, ¹¹  “unless you bless me.” ¹² 

[22:11]  ¹ sn Heb “the messenger of the Lord” (also in v. 15). Some identify the angel of the Lord as the preincarnate Christ because in some texts the angel is identified with the Lord himself. However, see the note on the phrase “the Lord’s angel” in Gen 16:7.

[24:33]  ² tn Heb “and food was placed before him.”

[24:33]  ³ tn Heb “my words.”

[24:33]  ⁴ tc Some ancient textual witnesses have a plural verb, “and they said.”

[27:18]  ³ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[27:18]  ⁴ sn Which are you, my son? Isaac’s first question shows that the deception is going to require more subterfuge than Rebekah had anticipated. Jacob will have to pull off the deceit.

[27:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “said.”

[27:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he said, ‘I [am] your son, your firstborn.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons.

[32:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “dawn has arisen.”

[32:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he said, ‘I will not let you go.’” The referent of the pronoun “he” (Jacob) has been specified for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[32:26]  ⁸ sn Jacob wrestled with a man thinking him to be a mere man, and on that basis was equal to the task. But when it had gone on long enough, the night visitor touched Jacob and crippled him. Jacob’s request for a blessing can only mean that he now knew that his opponent was supernatural. Contrary to many allegorical interpretations of the passage that make fighting equivalent to prayer, this passage shows that Jacob stopped fighting, and then asked for a blessing.