Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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Passages linked to Genesis 21:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 7:8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
- Genesis 17:10-12 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you. He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
- Exodus 12:48 When a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, and would like to keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it. He shall be as one who is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
- Leviticus 12:3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
- Deuteronomy 12:32 Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
- Luke 1:6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
- Luke 1:59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
- Luke 2:21 When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
- John 7:22-23 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 4. And Abraham circumcised his son. Abraham pursued his…
4. And Abraham circumcised his son. Abraham pursued his uniform tenor of obedience, in not sparing his own son. For, although it would be painful for him to wound the tender body of the infant; yet, setting aside all human affection, he obeys the word of God. And Moses records that he did as the Lord had commanded him; because there is nothing of greater importance, than to take the pure word of God for our rule, and not to be wise above what is lawful. This submissive spirit is especially required, in reference to sacraments; lest men should either invent any thing for themselves, or should transfer those things which are commanded by the Lord, to any use they please. We see, indeed, how inordinately the humours of men here prevail; inasmuch as they have dared to devise innumerable sacraments. And to go no further for an example, whereas God has delivered only two sacraments to the Christian Church, the Papists boast that they have seven. As if truly it were in their power to forge promises of salvation, which they might sanction with signs imagined by themselves. But it were superfluous to relate with how many figments the sacraments have been polluted by them. This certainly is manifest, that there is nothing about which they are less careful, than to observe what the Lord has commanded.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being…
Gen 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Ver. 4. And Abraham circumcised his son.] At circumcision, as now at baptism, names were given. Let them be such as are significant, and may immind us of some good, either person or thing; all will be found little enough, Optima nomina, non appellando fieri mala, faenerator Alfius dixisse verissime fertur .{ a} We read of a good woman, that had named her three daughters, Faith, Hope, and Charity. And when she was to be condemned by Bonner; My lord, said she, if you burn me, I hope you will keep Faith, Hope, and Charity. No, by my truth, will I not, quoth the bishop; keep them who will, I’ll take no charge of them. {b} We read also of another, that, courting a harlot, asked her name: she answered, Mary; whereupon, remembering Mary Magdalene, that penitent harlot, he repented him of his evil purpose, and, advising the courtesan to repent by her example, departed, and lived honestly. {c} We cannot have too many monitors to mind us of our duty.
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{a} Columel., De Re Rust., lib. i. cap. 7. - Horat., epod. ii. line 66.
{b} Act. and Mon., 1798.
{c} Strange Viney. in Palest.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Abraham was an hundred years old when son…
And Abraham was an hundred years old when son Isaac was born unto him. So that this was years after his departure from Haran, and coming into the land of Canaan, for then he was seventy five years of age, Gen 12:4; and this exactly agrees with the account of Demetrius, as related by Polyhistor, an Heathen writer (o), who makes Isaac to be born just twenty five years from Abraham's coming into the land of Canaan, and who must be now an hundred years old, being ninety nine at the time the Lord appeared unto him, and promised him a son at the set time the next year, Gen 17:1. This is observed, both to show the wonderful favour to Abraham, and the faithfulness of God in the exact performance of his promise: according to Bishop Usher (p), Isaac was born A. M. 2108, and before Christ 1896, and probably at Beersheba, see Gen 21:33.
(o) Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 425. (p) Annales Vet. Test. p. 9.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He circumcised his son - The covenant being established…
He circumcised his son - The covenant being established with him, the seal of the covenant was administered to him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. And Abraham circumcised his son] See Clarke…
Verse 4. And Abraham circumcised his son] See Clarke on Ge 17:10, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 21:4. He circumcised his son — The covenant…
Gen 21:4. He circumcised his son — The covenant being established with him, the seal of the covenant, according to God’s command, was administered to him.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Circumcised… as God had commanded — Observe how…
4. Circumcised… as God had commanded — Observe how obedience to every commandment wrought with Abraham’s faith. Thus was that faith made perfect. Jas_2:22.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. circumcised] Abraham fulfilled the command of Gen_17:10 (P).…
4. circumcised] Abraham fulfilled the command of Gen_17:10 (P). That Isaac, the son of the promise, was circumcised on the 8th day is particularly mentioned by St Stephen, Act_7:8.
The mention of circumcision in this verse, the naming in Gen_21:3, and Abraham’s age in Gen_21:5, are characteristic of P’s style.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Abraham circumcised (vide on Gen_17:11, and note at…
And Abraham circumcised (vide on Gen_17:11, and note at the end of that chapter) his son Isaac being eight days old (literally, a son of eight days), as (not only because, but in the manner in which) God had commanded him.
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