Genesis 17:22

When he had finished talking with him, God left 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

21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.”

23Then 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 that very same day, as God had said to him.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33Then the Lord went his way, and Abraham returned home.

Genesis 35:13God went up from him at that place where he spoke with him.

John 1:18No one has ever yet seen God; God the only Son, who is ever with the Father – he has revealed 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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