Similar to this is what was reported in the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Genesis:

"When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him: 'I am Almighty God.'"

And it was reported in the eighteenth chapter of the Book of Genesis that God appeared to Abram again, stating:

"Then the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground."

In the tenth chapter of Exodus, a similar [paradox] was also reported:

"But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. Then Pharaoh said to him: 'Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die.' And Moses said: 'You have spoken well; I will never see your face again.'"

And similar to this is what was reported in the thirty-fifth chapter of the Book of Genesis: