Genesis 21:4 “When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God…”

Genesis 21:4

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

World English Bible

Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

American Standard Version

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Abraham circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him.

Darby Translation

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Young's Literal Translation

and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

Bible in Basic English

And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.

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Cross references

“And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.”

Acts 7:8 Genesis 17:10–12 Exodus 12:48 Leviticus 12:3 Deuteronomy 12:32 Luke 1:6

Acts 7:8 · BSB

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

Genesis 17:10–12 · BSB

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Exodus 12:48 · BSB

If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no unc…

Leviticus 12:3 · BSB

And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

Deuteronomy 12:32 · BSB

See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

Luke 1:6 · BSB

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

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