Genesis 17:22

When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

Berean Standard Bible

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 will bear to you at this time next year.”

23On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.

Genesis 35:13Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

Numbers 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

Judges 6:21Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

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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