Genesis 21:4
Abraham [Father of a multitude] circumcised his son, Isaac [Laughter], when he was eight days old, as God had enjoined him. (5)
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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
Exodus 12:48When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Pesac ·Passover· to Adonai, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: + 12:48. Ex 12:48 with implied Lev 22:10 (Ex 12:43-49; Lev 22:10-16) (#2b.91): T. That the uncircumcised will not eat the Pesac ·Passover· meal / R. That the uncircumcised shall not eat the holy offerings to Adonai or other consecrated food / R. An uncircumcised Cohen ·Priest· must not eat the offerings but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatever thing I enjoin you, that you shall observe to do. + 12:32. Deut 12:32 [Heb Bible Deut 13:1] (#1.43): T. Not to add to God’s Torah ·Teaching· commandments / R. Not to add to the Torah ·Teaching· commandments, whether in the Written Law or their oral explanations You shall not add to it, + 12:32. Deut 12:32 [Heb Bible Deut 13:1] (#1.44): T. Not to subtract from or diminish any of the Torah ·Teaching· commandments / R. Not to diminish from the Torah ·Teaching· any commandments, in whole or in part nor take away from it. + 12:32. Quoted in Rev 22:18
Luke 1:59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias [Remembered by Yah], after the name of his father.
John 7:22Moses [Drawn out] has given you circumcision + 7:22. Quoted from Lev 12:3 (not that it is of Moses [Drawn out], but of the Patriarchs), and on the Sabbath ·To cease· you circumcise a boy.
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 →