Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs.
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9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
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Genesis 17:9Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
Genesis 25:21Isaac prayed to Yahweh for his wife because she was childless, and Yahweh answered his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 35:16They journeyed on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. She had hard labor.
Genesis 35:23His sons by Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
1 Chronicles 1:34Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.
Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father 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 →