Genesis 21:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Acts 7:8 : 8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
  • Gen 17:10-12 : 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of a covenant between me and you. 12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed.
  • Exod 12:48 : 48 When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
  • Lev 12:3 : 3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
  • Deut 12:32 : 32 Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
  • Luke 1:59 : 59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
  • Luke 2:21 : 21 When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
  • John 7:22-23 : 22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. 23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man every bit whole on the Sabbath?

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  • Gen 21:5
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    5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.

  • Gen 21:1-3
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    1Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.

    2Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

    3Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.{Isaac means "He laughs."}

  • Gen 17:23-26
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    23Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

    24Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

    25Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

    26In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

  • Acts 7:8
    76%

    8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

  • Lev 12:3
    75%

    3In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

  • Gen 21:8
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    8The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

  • Gen 22:8-10
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    73%

    8Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.

    9They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

    10Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

  • Gen 17:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

    10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

    11You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of a covenant between me and you.

    12He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac.{Isaac means "he laughs."} I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

  • Gen 17:21
    72%

    21But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."

  • Gen 25:19
    72%

    19This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    72%

    1It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

    2He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    71%

    17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

    18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

  • Gen 21:12
    70%

    12God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

  • Gen 22:6
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    6Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

  • Rom 4:12
    70%

    12The father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

  • Gen 17:14
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    14The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."