Genesis 17:22

And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”

23Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33And the Lord departed, after he had ceased speaking to Abraham, who then returned to his place.

Genesis 35:13And he withdrew from him.

Numbers 12:6he said to them: “Listen to my words. If there will be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him through a dream.

Judges 6:21the Angel of the Lord extended the end of a staff, which he was holding in his hand, and he touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves. And a fire ascended from the rock, and it consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.

John 1:18No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described 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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