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When he finishedוַיְכַלspeakingלְדַבֵּרwith him,אִתּוֹElohimאֱלֹהִיםwent upוַיַּעַלfromמֵעַלAbraham.אַבְרָהָם
Genesis 17:22
Study it in the app“When he finished speaking with him, Elohim went up from Abraham.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 17:22, word by word
- When he finishedיְכַלyechal
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “yechal” appears- speakingדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears
The context
21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.”
22 · This verse (above)
23Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, as Elohim had told him.
To study Genesis 17 in a group
1. What it says
What new names did Abram and Sarai receive, and what did Elohim promise Abraham (vv. 5, 15-16)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s plan that Abram becomes Abraham, “father of a multitude of nations” (v. 5)?
3. How I live it
What helps you remember each day what Elohim has said about you and your life?