Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised Izhak his son (when) the son of eight days, as the Lord had commanded him.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bare to him, Izhak.
5And Abraham was the son of a hundred years when Izhak his son was born to him.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10This is My covenant which you shall keep between My Word and you and thy sons after thee, to circumcise every male that is among you.
Exodus 12:48And when the sojourner who sojourneth with thee will perform the pascha before the Lord, every male of his shall be circumcised, and he may then approach and perform it; he shall be as one born in the land, but none uncircumcised 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 →