God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
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And God went up from him in the place where He spoke with him.
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Passages linked to Genesis 35:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 17:22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
- Genesis 18:33 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
- Genesis 11:5 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
- Judges 6:21 Then 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.
- Judges 13:20 For 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.
- Luke 24:31 Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, then he vanished out of their sight.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 13. And God went up from him. This ascent…
13. And God went up from him. This ascent of God is analogous to his descent; for God, who fills heaven and earth, is yet said to descend to us, though he changes not his place, whenever he gives us any token of his presence; a mode of expression adopted in accommodation to our littleness. He went up, therefore, from Jacob, when he disappeared from his sight, or when the vision ended. By the use of such language, God shows us the value of his word, because, indeed, he is near to us in the testimony of his grace; for, seeing that there is a great distance between us and his heavenly glory, he descends to us by his word. This, at length, was fully accomplished in the person of Christ; who while, by his own ascension to heaven, he raised our faith thither; nevertheless dwells always with us by the power of his Spirit.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As God is said to descend when he showeth…
As God is said to descend when he showeth some sign of his presence: so he is said to ascend when vision is ended.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 35:13 And God went up from him in…
Gen 35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
Ver. 13. And God went up from him.] Not by local ascension; for he is everywhere; but in respect of that visible sign of his glory, which he now withdrew from over, or from upon Jacob. For the righteous are as God’s chariot, say the Hebrews on this text. Compare Son 6:12.
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Where he talked with him.] Prayer is a free and familiar conference or intercourse with God; a parling with his Majesty, as St Paul calls it; {εντευξις, 1Ti 2:1} a standing upon interrogatories with him; especially when Satan, sin, and conscience accuse. It was a part of the Persian kings’ silly glory, to keep their greatest subjects from coming near them without special licence. {Est 4:11} To God we have free access upou all occasions, and are bid to "come boldly." {Heb 4:16} If Seneca could say, Audacter Deum roges, nihil illum de alieno rogaturus; how much more may the faithful Christian, since all is his, God and all! {1Co 3:22} Moses and Luther could have what they would of God. Fiat voluntas mea, saith Luther; and then he adds, Mea voluntas, Domine, quia tua: Let my will be done; but no otherwise mine, than as thine, Lord.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain God went up from him; either locally and visibly,…
God went up from him; either locally and visibly, to wit, in that human shape in which he appeared to him; or by withdrawing the signs of his special presence, as Gen 17:22; Jdg 13:20; as on the contrary God is said to come down, not by change of place, but by some signal manifestation of his presence and favour, as Exo 3:8; Num 11:17.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And God went up from him,.... Or "from above"…
And God went up from him,.... Or "from above" him (x); by this it seems that there was a visible appearance of the glory of the Lord, as Onkelos, or of the Shechinah, as Jonathan; even of the Son of God in an human form, who either appeared just above him, or on the same spot with him, conversing with him as above related; and when he had done, ascended in a visible manner from him, till he disappeared:
in the place where he talked with him; whether it was over him, or by him; thence he removed from him, and ceased talking with him; for communion with a divine Person is not constant and uninterrupted in the present state.
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(x) "desuper eum", Montanus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And God went up from him - Or, from…
And God went up from him - Or, from over him - In some visible display of glory, which had hovered over him, while he talked with him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. And God went up from him] This…
Verse 13. And God went up from him] This was not a vision, nor a strong mental impression, but a real manifestation of God. Jacob saw and heard him speak, and before his eyes he went up - ascended to heaven. This was no doubt the future Saviour, the Angel of the covenant. See Ge 16:7.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 35:13. God went up from him — In…
Gen 35:13. God went up from him — In some visible display of his glory, which had hovered over him while he talked with him; or by withdrawing the signs of his special presence, as Gen 17:22, and Jdg 13:20; as, on the contrary, God is said to come down, not by change of place, but by some signal manifestation of his presence and favour, Exo 3:8; Num 11:17.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain God went up from him--The presence of God was…
God went up from him--The presence of God was indicated in some visible form and His acceptance of the sacrifice shown by the miraculous descent of fire from heaven, consuming it on the altar.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. God went up from him — This implies…
13. God went up from him — This implies the visible appearance of the Angel of Jehovah. Comp. Jdg_13:20.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. And God went up] An expression descriptive of…
13. And God went up] An expression descriptive of the manifestation in some external form, in which God appeared to Jacob. Cf. Gen_18:33, “And the Lord went his way.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) God went up from him.—This formula, used before…
(13) God went up from him.—This formula, used before in Gen_17:22; Gen_18:33, shows that this manifestation of God’s presence was more solemn than any of those previous occasions upon which the Deity had revealed Himself to Jacob. It was, in fact, the acknowledgment of the patriarch as the heir of the Abrahamic covenant.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And God went up from him showing this to…
And God went up from him showing this to have been a visible manifestation (cf. Gen_17:22) in the place where he talked with him.
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