Acts 7:8

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

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In The King James Version

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

In Context

7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.

9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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Cross References

Genesis 17:9And God said to Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations.

Genesis 25:21And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 35:16And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

1 Chronicles 1:34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; 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 →

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