O Jacob,/And He who formed you, O Israel:/ ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you;/I have called you by your name;/You are Mine’ ” (Is. 43:1). Moses’ response: “Here I am” means literally in the Hebrew “Behold me!” The expression is found frequently in the Old Testament to express attentiveness to some call and a readiness to obey (cf. Abraham, Gen. 22:1; Samuel, 1 Sam. 3:4; Isaiah, Is. 6:8). (2) God identified Himself in order that Moses would know that he was not meeting an unknown God. This One who