Moses Turns Aside at the Bush and God Answers Hineni

And Moses said: "I will turn aside now and look" (Exodus 3:3). Rabbi Yochanan said: Moses took three steps. Resh Lakish said: he did not step at all, but only bent his neck. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: You troubled yourself to look; by your life, I will reveal Myself to you. Immediately, "And God called to him from the midst of the bush and said: Moses, Moses! And he said: Here I am" (Exodus 3:4, there). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: You said "Here I am"; by your life, an hour will come when you will say a prayer on behalf of Israel, and I will answer you at once, as it is said: "Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry out, and He will say: Here I am" (Isaiah 58:9).