God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
- BSB Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
- NKJV Then God went up from him in the place where He talked with him.
- NASB Then God went up from him at the place where He had spoken with him.
- NLT Then God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.
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God departs from the place where He had spoken with Jacob.
Overview
The narrative notes God's withdrawal after granting the blessing and renewing the covenant. The detail underscores the reality and solemnity of the divine encounter, a true meeting between God and Jacob. It frames Bethel as holy ground where the LORD had truly drawn near.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Gen 17:22When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
- Gen 18:33Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
- Judg 13:20For when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
- Judg 6:21Then Yahweh’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then Yahweh’s angel departed out of his sight.
- Gen 11:5Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
- Luke 24:31Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
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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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