Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:4 in other translations
| BSB | When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him. |
| DARBY | And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. |
| BBE | And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him. |
| Webster | And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. |
What does Genesis 21:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 21:3-4
3-4. Abraham called the name of his son ... Isaac ... and circumcised--God was acknowledged in the name which, by divine command, was given for a memorial (compare Ge 17:19), and also in the dedication of the child by administering the seal of the covenant (compare Ge 17:10-12).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 21:1-8
Chapter Outline Birth of Isaac, Sarah's joy. (1-8) Ishmael mocks Isaac. (9-13) Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth, They are relieved and comforted by an angel. (14-21) Abimelech's covenant with Abraham. (22-34) Verses 1-8 Few under the Old Testament were brought into the world with such expectations as Isaac. He was in this a type of Christ, that Seed which the holy God so long promised, and holy men so long expected…
Genesis 21:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 21:4
- 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.
- 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. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
- Leviticus 12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
- 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. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
- 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.
- Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- 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.
- Luke 2:21
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
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Context
- Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
- Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 21:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y circuncidó Abraham á su hijo Isaac de ocho días, como Dios le había mandado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abraham circoncit Isaac, son fils, à l’âge de huit jours, comme Dieu le lui avait commandé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Abraham beschnitt Isaak, seinen Sohn, als er acht Tage alt war, wie Gott ihm geboten hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et circumcidit eum octavo die, sicut præceperat ei Deus, |