Genesis 21:4
Abraham remembered his side of the promise he made with God. And so when Isaac was 8 days old, Abraham did the young men's operation on Isaac to show that Isaac belonged to God.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
5Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
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 →