Genesis 21:4

Modern

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

Traditional

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Literal

And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, a son of eight days, as God had commanded him.

Latin

…et circumcidit eum octavo die, sicut præceperat ei Deus,

Hebrew

English

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

Abraham responded in faith by naming his son Isaac and circumcising him according to the terms of the covenant (see 17:9–14).

Theme notes and profiles

Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Luke 1:59
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
Exodus 12:48
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
Luke 2:21
When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Genesis 17:10–12
This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
John 7:22–23
But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau