(27) В¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
Observe with what a solemn introduction the man of God is here mentioned; and what a most awful message he brought. Probably the revelation here spoken of, of the Lord's appearance to his father's house, referred to the general deliverance of Israel from the bondage of Egypt; or if anything more personal or particular was alluded to, it might have been the Lord's appearance to Aaron, the great Father of the Levites. Exodus 4:27.