Chuàngshìjì 17:22

22 Shén hé Yàbólāhǎn shuō wán le huà , jiù líkāi tā shàng shēng qù le .

Chuàngshìjì 17:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 17:22

And he left off talking; with him
After he had finished all he had to say to him at this time. It was great condescension in the divine Being to talk with a creature; it was wonderful grace and kindness to make such promises to him, as he did, and indulge him with answers of prayer and communion with him; but the highest enjoyments of God here are not lasting; uninterrupted communion with him is reserved for another world:

and God went up from Abraham;
from the earth, where he had been with Abraham, and ascended above him up to heaven, in a visible, and very likely in an human form, in which he descended: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan paraphrase it, "the glory of the Lord", the glorious Shechinah, the Lord of life and glory.

Chuàngshìjì 17:22 In-Context

20 Zhìyú Yǐshímǎlì , wǒ yĕ yīngyún nǐ , wǒ bì cì fú gĕi tā , shǐ tā chāngshèng jíqí fán duō , tā bì shēng shí èr gĕ zúzhǎng , wǒ yĕ yào shǐ tā chéngwéi dà guó .

21 Dào míngnián zhè shíjié , Sǎlā bì gĕi nǐ shēng Yǐsā , wǒ yào yǔ tā jiāndéng suǒ lì de yuē .

22 Shén hé Yàbólāhǎn shuō wán le huà , jiù líkāi tā shàng shēng qù le .

23 Zhèngdāng nà rì , Yàbólāhǎn zūn zhe shén de méng , gĕi tāde érzi Yǐshímǎlì hé jia lǐ de yīqiè nánzǐ , wúlùn shì zaì jia lǐ shēng de , shì yòng yínzi mǎi de , dōu xíng le gēlǐ .

24 Yàbólāhǎn shòu gēlǐ de shíhou , nián jiǔ shí jiǔ suì .