Genesis 21:4
And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac.
5And Abraam was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10And this is the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.
Exodus 12:48And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the passover to the Lord, thou shalt circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
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 →