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The Birth of Isaac

Genesis 21:4

In 11 translations

BSB
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
KJV
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
WEB
Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
ASV
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
LSV
and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
YLT
and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.
DBY
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.Elohim
DRC
And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,
GNV
Then Abraham circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him.
JPS
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
LXXE
And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֤מָל אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔וֹ בֶּן־שְׁמֹנַ֖ת יָמִ֑ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Περιέτεμε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός.

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  • Acts 7:8Then 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 2:21When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
  • Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
  • Leviticus 12:3And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
  • Genesis 17:10–12This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant…
  • Luke 1:59On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
  • John 7:22–23But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.) If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken,…
  • Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
  • Exodus 12:48If 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…

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