Genesis 21:4
and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
In Context
3and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him — Isaac;
5And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
Cross References
Genesis 17:10this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised;
Exodus 12:48'And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and hath made a passover to Jehovah, every male of his [is] to be circumcised, and then he doth come near to keep it, and he hath been as a native of the land, but any uncircumcised one doth not eat of it;
Deuteronomy 12:32The whole thing which I am commanding you — it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.
Luke 1:59And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,
John 7:22because of this, Moses hath given you the circumcision — not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers — and on a 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 →