Genesis 21:4
Abraham circumcised him when Isaac was eight days old, following God's command.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3Abraham named their son Isaac.
5Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10This is my agreement with you and your descendants who come after you, the agreement you are to keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.
Exodus 12:48If there's a foreigner who lives with you and wants to celebrate the Lord's Passover, all the males in their household have to be circumcised. Then he may come and celebrate it, and he shall be treated like a native of the land. But no man who is not circumcised may eat it.
Deuteronomy 12:32Be careful to do everything I order you to do. Don't add or take away anything from these instructions.
Luke 1:59Eight days later they came to circumcise the boy. They planned to call him Zechariah after his father.
John 7:22“However, because Moses told you to circumcise—not that it really came from Moses, but from your forefathers before him—you perform circumcision on the Sabbath.
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 →