How many people in the Bible did God speak to directly?

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It is only in certain of the very early passages of legend that God spoke to people directly. The Yahwist (J) source, who always used 'YHWH' as the name for God, portrayed him as anthropomorphic, with human characteristics.

The Yahwist account of Adam and Eve has God walking in the Garden of Eden "in the cool of the day" (Genesis 3:8) and talking man-to-man with his creation, Adam. He also spoke to Cain after the murder of Abel. God also spoke directly with Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that after Jacob, the next to communicate with God is Moses, never speaking or appearing to Joseph in spite of the importance of his role in the story of the Israelites.

The Book of Job says that God spoke angrily to Job when Satan had been unable to have him curse God, demanding of Job whether he considered himself equal to God.

God spoke to Jesus in the New Testament, when he called him his beloved son (Mark 1:11) and to the disciples, Peter, John and James at the Transfiguration, when he again called Jesus his beloved son. These instances were not quite so direct, as we only hear his voice from heaven.