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Gênesis 17:22

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Gênesis 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.

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Gênesis 17:22 In-Context

20 E quanto a Ismael, também te tenho ouvido; eis que o tenho abençoado, e fá-lo-ei frutificar, e multiplicá-lo-ei grandissimamente; doze príncipes gerará, e dele farei uma grande nação.
21 O meu pacto, porém, estabelecerei com Isaque, que Sara te dará � luz neste tempo determinado, no ano vindouro.
22 Ao acabar de falar com Abraão, subiu Deus diante dele.
23 Logo tomou Abraão a seu filho Ismael, e a todos os nascidos na sua casa e a todos os comprados por seu dinheiro, todo varão entre os da casa de Abraão, e lhes circuncidou a carne do prepúcio, naquele mesmo dia, como Deus lhe ordenara.
24 Abraão tinha noventa e nove anos, quando lhe foi circuncidada a carne do prepúcio;
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