Genesis 17:22

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

In Context

21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this set time in the next year.

23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33And LORD went his way as soon as he had left off conversing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

Genesis 35:13And God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

Numbers 12:6And he said, Hear now my words. If there be a prophet among you, I LORD will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

Judges 6:21Then the agent of LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the agent of L

John 1:18No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:16-23

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!… Read the whole commentary →

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