Genesis 21:4
וַיָּמָל אַבְרָהָם אֶת ־ יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ בֶּן ־ שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3וַיִּקְרָא אַבְרָהָם אֶֽת ־ שֶׁם ־ בְּנוֹ הַנּֽוֹלַד ־ לוֹ אֲשֶׁר ־ יָלְדָה ־ לּוֹ שָׂרָה יִצְחָֽק ׃
5וְאַבְרָהָם בֶּן ־ מְאַת שָׁנָה בְּהִוָּלֶד לוֹ אֵת יִצְחָק בְּנֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Genesis 17:10זֹאת בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּ בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ הִמּוֹל לָכֶם כָּל ־ זָכָֽר ׃
Exodus 12:48וְכִֽי ־ יָגוּר אִתְּךָ גֵּר וְעָשָׂה פֶסַח לַיהוָה הִמּוֹל לוֹ כָל ־ זָכָר וְאָז יִקְרַב לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ וְהָיָה כְּאֶזְרַח הָאָרֶץ וְכָל ־ עָרֵל לֹֽא ־ יֹאכַל בּֽוֹ ׃
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 →