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Genesis 22:11

The New Testament’s use of Genesis

2 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

Yahweh’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Allusion1

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Acts 22:6-11

The doubled vocative 'Saul, Saul' (v7) follows the OT pattern of urgent divine address by repeated name — 'Abraham, Abraham' at the binding of Isaac. The form signals a theophanic call/redirection. Recurs across the OT call narratives below.

Medium confidence

Echo1

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Acts 10:1-8 ?

The angel addressing 'Cornelius!' and his fearful 'What is it, Lord?' faintly echoes the OT pattern of God/angel calling a name and the human responding (Abraham, Samuel). Low volume; offered maximally.

Low confidence
Elsewhere in Genesis 22
Genesis 22:2 14Genesis 22:6 4Genesis 22:9 2Genesis 22:16-17 3Genesis 22:17 5Genesis 22:18 5