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When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
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An Assurance of God's Word
Commentators explain that God physically “going up” from Abraham served as a powerful confirmation of the encounter's reality. John Calvin notes this gave Abraham certainty that he had truly heard from God. For believers today, this same certainty comes not from a visible departure, but from the full revelation of God in Christ and the sealing of His word on our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁדי shaday — Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to create, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad
16th Century
Protestant
God went up from Abraham. This expression contains a profitable doctrine: namely, that Abraham certainly knew this vision was from God; fo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he left off talking; with him After he had finished all he had to say to him at this time. It was great condesce…
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