Acts 7:8
And he gave unto him a covenant of circumcision; and, thus, he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9And, the patriarchs, being jealous of Joseph, gave him up into Egypt; and, God, was, with him,
Cross References
Genesis 17:9And God said unto Abraham, But, as for thee, my covenant, must thou keep, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations:—
Genesis 25:21So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,—and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 35:16Then brake they up from Beth-el, and it came to pass when there was yet a stretch of country, to enter into Ephrath, that Rachel was in childbirth, and had hard-labour in her child-birth.
Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben,—And Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Zebulon:
1 Chronicles 1:34So then Abraham begat Isaac,—the sons of Isaac, were Esau and Israel.
Matthew 1:2Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob, begat Judah and his brethren;
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 →