The Angel of the Lord Jehovah in the Old Testament Scriptures (1)

The name angel of the Lord first occurs at Genesis 16:6-13 as an appellation of the messenger who appears to Hagar, when she fled from the face of her mistress Sarah It is the angel of the Lord who calls from heaven to Abraham that he shall not lay his hand upon the lad Isaac (Gen. 22:11); speaks to Jacob in a dream that he has seen all that Laban did to him (3:11); and calls to Moses in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush (Ex. 3:12). It is again the angel of the Lord who encourages...