Genesis 17 · Verse 22

Genesis 17:22

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 17:22, King James Version

Genesis 17:22 in other translations

BSBWhen He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
WEBWhen he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
ASVAnd he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
YLTand He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.
DARBYAnd he left off talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.
BBEAnd having said these words, God went up from Abraham.
WebsterAnd he ceased talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

What does Genesis 17:22 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 God went up from Abraham - Ascended evidently before him, so that he had the fullest proof that it was no human being, no earthly angel or messenger, that talked with him; and the promise of a son in the course of a single year, at this set time in the next year, Gen 17:21, which had every human probability against it, was to be the sure token of the truth of all that had hitherto taken place, and the proof that all that was farther promised should be fulfilled in its due time. Was it not in nearly the same way in which the Lord went up from Abraham, that Jesus Christ ascended to heaven in the presence of his disciples? Luk 24:51.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 17:15-22

Here is the promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled. The assurance of this promise was the change of Sarai's name into Sarah. Sarai signifies my princess, as if her honour were confined to one family only; Sarah signifies a princess. The more favours God confers upon us, the more low we should be in our own eyes. Abraham showed great joy; he laughed, it was a…

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Genesis 17:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְכַ֖לvay.Khaland he finishedH3615
לְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.Berto speakH1696
אִתּ֑וֹ'i.Towith himH854
וַיַּ֣עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
מֵעַ֖לme.'Alfrom withH5921
אַבְרָהָֽם\׃'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 17:22

  • Genesis 35:9-15

    And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan–aram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. …

  • Genesis 18:33

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

  • John 10:30

    I and my Father are one.

  • Deuteronomy 5:4

    The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

  • Judges 13:20

    For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

  • Numbers 12:6-8

    And 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. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

  • John 1:18

    No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

  • Genesis 17:3

    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

  • Exodus 20:22

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

  • Judges 6:21

    Then 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3; 18:33; 35:9-15; Ex 20:22; Nu 12:6-8; De 5:4; Jud 6:21; 13:20
Joh 1:18; 10:30

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Context

  • Genesis 17:21

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

  • Genesis 17:22

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

  • Genesis 17:23

    And 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 selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

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Genesis 17:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y acabó de hablar con él, y subió Dios de con Abraham.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ayant achevé de parler avec lui, Dieu monta d’auprès d’Abraham.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er hörte auf mit ihm zu reden; und Gott fuhr auf von Abraham.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque finitus esset sermo loquentis cum eo, ascendit Deus ab Abraham.