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Genesis 21:4

AbrahamIsaac
Obedience

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.

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 hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

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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.
DARBY
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
BLB
And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, a son of eight days, as God had commanded him.
ÅB
Og Abraham omskar Isak, sin sønn, da han var åtte dager gammel, slik som Gud hadde befalt ham.
OTB
Abraham omskar sin sønn Isak da han var åtte dager gammel, i henhold til Guds befaling.
B1930
Og Abraham omskar Isak, sin sønn, da han var åtte dager gammel, således som Gud hadde befalt ham.

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:8

    And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

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  • Genesis 17:10–12

    This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

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  • Leviticus 12:3

    And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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  • John 7:22–23

    Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

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  • Exodus 12:48

    And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

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  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:32

    What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

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  • Luke 1:59

    And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

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