Genesis 17:22
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
KJV
Cumque finitus esset sermo loquentis cum eo, ascendit Deus ab Abraham.
Vulgate
συνετέλεσεν δὲ λαλῶν πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ.
LXX
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
ASV
וַ/יְכַ֖ל לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר אִתּ֑/וֹ וַ/יַּ֣עַל אֱלֹהִ֔ים מֵ/עַ֖ל אַבְרָהָֽם
Hebrew
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Abraham
In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 203×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
And the same sentiment was expressed, my friends, by the word of God written by Moses, when it indicated that He who appeared to Abraham in vision told him that He had done so, when He said, 'God went up from Abraham.' See Gen. xvii. 22. For neither did the Father of the universe leave His super-celestial dwelling-place, neither did He come Himself into the region of the earth.…
Cross-references
- Gen 18:1 — And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
- Gen 18:33 — And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
- Gen 35:9 — And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
- Gen 35:13 — And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.