but Eli called to him, “Samuel, my son!” He replied, “Here I am.”
In the dream God’s angel said to me, ‘Jacob!’ and I replied, ‘Here I am!’
Israel said to Joseph, “Are your brothers not tending our flocks at Shechem? Come and I will send you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph answered.
Boaz then spoke to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go to glean in anyone else’s field; you are not to leave here. Stay here with my young women.
and now the king will lead you. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are among you. I was your leader from my youth to the present day.
Samuel then slept until morning, when he got up early and opened the doors of the temple of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
Then Eli asked, “What did he say to you? Hide nothing from me! May God do thus to you, and more, if you hide from me a single thing he told you.”