Acts 7:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

God said to Abraham, “Every son in each family must be circumcised to show you have kept your agreement with me.” So when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. Later, Isaac circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob circumcised his twelve sons.

Cross References

Acts 2:29

My friends, it is right for me to speak to you about our ancestor David. He died and was buried, and his tomb is still here.

Genesis 35:16

Jacob and his family had left Bethel and were still a long way from Ephrath, when the time came for Rachel's baby to be born.

Hebrews 7:4

Notice how great Melchizedek was! Our famous ancestor Abraham gave him a tenth of what he had taken from his enemies.

Galatians 3:17

What I am saying is that the Law cannot change or cancel God's promise made 430 years before the Law was given.

Galatians 3:15

My friends, I will use an everyday example to explain what I mean. Once someone agrees to something, no one else can change or cancel the agreement.

Romans 4:10

But when did this happen? Was it before or after Abraham was circumcised? Of course, it was before.

John 7:22

Moses commanded you to circumcise your sons. But it wasn't really Moses who gave you this command. It was your ancestors, and even on the Sabbath you circumcise your sons

Matthew 1:2

From Abraham to King David, his ancestors were: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers (Judah's sons were Perez and Zerah, and their mother was Tamar), Hezron; Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.

1 Chronicles 1:34

Abraham's son Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob.

Genesis 35:18

Rachel was at the point of death, and right before dying, she said, “I'll name him Benoni.” But Jacob called him Benjamin.

Genesis 29:31

The Lord knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel.

Genesis 30:5

and they had a son.