Acts 7:8

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and thus he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

In Context

7And the nation to which they shall be in bondage I will judge, said God; and after that, they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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Cross References

Matthew 1:2Abraham begot Isaac: Isaac begot Jacob: Jacob begot Judah and his brothers:

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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