Genesis 17:22

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

21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year.

23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said unto him.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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

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

Judges 6:21Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

John 1:18No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared 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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