1 Samuel 3:5
He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.” He went and lay down.
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1 Samuel 3:5
He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.” He went and lay down.
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1 Samuel 3:6
Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.”
1 Samuel 3:7
Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him.
1 Samuel 3:8
Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
1 Samuel 3:9
Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
1 Samuel 3:10
Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
Genesis 27:18
He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
Job 33:14
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
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1 Samuel 3:1
The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then.
1 Samuel 3:2
At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
1 Samuel 3:3
and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple where God’s ark was,
1 Samuel 3:4
Yahweh called Samuel. He said, “Here I am.”
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