Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him,
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers a
Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have ca
Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”
‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’