Genesis 21:4
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
5Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10This is the agreement that I am making, between myself and you and all your descendants: Every male among you must be circumcised.
Exodus 12:48When someone from another country comes to live with you and wants to celebrate the Passover Festival, circumcise all the males in his household. Then they may eat the Passover meal, and you should treat those people as though they were born as Israelis. But do not allow men who have not been circumcised to eat the Passover meal.
Deuteronomy 12:32“Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
Luke 1:59Seven days later they gathered together for the ceremony for circumcising the baby to show that he belonged to God. They wanted to give the baby the same name as his father, Zechariah.
John 7:22Moses gave you a law that you must circumcise the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually, it was your ancestors, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, not Moses, who started that ritual. But because of that law, you sometimes circumcise them ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, but that is working, too
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 →