Genesis 17:22

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 17:22 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:3Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
  2. Genesis 18:33When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
  3. Genesis 35:9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
  4. Genesis 35:13Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
  5. Exodus 20:22Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
  6. 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.
  7. Deuteronomy 5:4The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
  8. 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.
  9. Judges 13:20When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
  10. 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.
  11. John 10:30I and the Father are one.”

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