ABSTRACT
Power, as said, needs recognition, in the same way as glory needs glorification. In the web of obedience, in the ambiguous game of power relations, Abraham responds to God, but he also responds to Isaac, who asks him where the lamb for the burnt offering is, and in both cases he answers Hineni, 'yes, I am here', 'here I am', 'behold me'. Abraham's obedience is not unconditional, at least insofar as God needs Abraham to accept, to respond hineni and to oblige the God of the Torah who, despite being omnipotent, as I have said, begs Abraham with a na, "please". But what counts most, whatever the contents of God's request were, is that the call enacts a relationship of recognition. And with the hineni, in that moment God himself rises to the awareness that Abraham is faithful to him and will obey.
