Genesis 17:22

And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

23And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.

Genesis 35:13Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

Numbers 12:6And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.

Judges 6:21Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.

John 1:18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

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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