Then Adonai called, “Samuel!” So he answered, “Here I am.”
Now it was after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham.” “Hineni,” he said.
But the angel of Adonai called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” He said, “Hineni!”
Moses and Aaron were among His kohanim—also Samuel among those calling on His Name. They called on Adonai and He answered them.
When Adonai saw that he turned to look, He called to him out of the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” So he answered, “Hineni.”
Then I heard the voice of Adonai saying: “Whom should I send, and who will go for Us?” So I said, “Hineni. Send me.”
Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
God has put into His community first emissaries, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then healings, helps, leadership, various kinds of tongues.
Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he replied, “I didn’t call—go back to sleep.” So he went back and lay down.