Acts 7:8

Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered the twelve patriarchs. 1 The Patriarchs in Egypt

English Majority Text (NT)

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

7‘ And the nation which they will serve, I will judge,’ said God, ‘ and after these things they will come out and serve Me in this place.’

9“And the patriarchs, being jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him,

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Cross References

Matthew 1:2Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered 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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