Acts 7:8
Then God made with Abraham the covenant of circumcision; and under it Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him when he was eight days old; and Isaac became the father of Jacob; and Jacob of the Twelve Patriarchs.
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In Context
9The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,
Cross References
Genesis 17:9God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep the requirements of my covenant, you, and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
Genesis 25:21Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she had no children; and the Lord heard his prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.
Genesis 35:16Then they set out from Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into a hard and painful labor.
Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac of Jacob, Jacob of 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 →