And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Parallel translations
- WEB When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
- BSB When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
- NKJV Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
- NASB When He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
- NLT When God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.
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Quick answer
When God finished speaking, He went up from Abraham. The divine encounter concluded, leaving Abraham to obey.
Overview
The revelation ends with God withdrawing from Abraham, marking the close of this momentous covenant conversation. The brief note signals that the time for hearing has passed and the time for obedience, seen in the immediate circumcision that follows, has come. It reminds readers that encounters with God's word call for faithful response.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Gen 35:9–15And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
- Gen 18:33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
- Judg 13:20For 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.
- John 10:30I and my Father are one.
- Gen 17:3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
- Deut 5:4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
- Num 12:6–8And 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.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- Judg 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.
- Exod 20:22And 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.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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