Genesis 21:4
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3Abraham named his son, the one who had been born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10This is my covenant, which you must keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you must be circumcised.
Exodus 12:48If a foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to Yahweh, all his male relatives must be circumcised. Then he may come and observe it. He will become like the people who were born in the land. However, no uncircumcised person may eat any of the food.
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatever I command you, observe it. Do not add to it or take away from it.
Luke 1:59Now it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child. They would have called him “Zechariah,” after the name of his father.
John 7:22Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the ancestors), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
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 →