the narration introduces the angel of God; it behaves as if he was a deity e.g. promising bewildering fertility (e.g. Genesis 21:18), annihilating the whole army with a single blow (e.g. 2 Kings 19:32-36) or merely delivering a speech where he presents himself as God (e.g. Exodus 3:2-4); the interlocutors of this figure address and revere him in a way reserved exclusively to deity.