Acts 7:8
'And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob — the twelve patriarchs;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,
Cross References
Genesis 17:9And God saith unto Abraham, 'And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;
Genesis 25:21And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,
Genesis 35:16And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;
Genesis 35:23And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
1 Chronicles 1:34And Abraham begetteth Isaac. 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 →