Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old,—as God commanded him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.
5Now Abraham was a hundred years old,—when Isaac his son was born to him.
Cross References
Genesis 17:10This, is my covenant which ye shall keep, betwixt me and you, and thy seed after thee,—To circumcise to you every male:
Exodus 12:48And when there may sojourn with thee a sojourner who may wish to keep a passover to Yahweh, there must be circumcised to him every male and then, may he draw near to keep it, so shall he be as a native of the land,—but no uncircumcised male, shall eat thereof.
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,—thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.
Luke 1:59And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it, after the name of its father, Zachariah.
John 7:22For this cause, Moses, hath given you, circumcision,—not that, of Moses, it is, but of the fathers;—and, on Sabbath, ye 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 →