Genesis 21:4
And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac.
5When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10This is my covenant which you shall observe, between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the male kind of you shall be circumcised:
Exodus 12:48And if any stranger be willing to dwell among you, and to keep the Phase of the Lord, all his males shall first be circumcised, and then shall he celebrate it according to the manner: and he shall be as he that is born in the land: but if any man be uncircumcised, he shall not eat thereof.
Deuteronomy 12:32What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
Luke 1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary.
John 7:22Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:2-9
The Birth of Isaac. ( b. c. 1897.) 1 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God… Read the whole commentary →