Acts 7:8

Good News Translation

Then God gave to Abraham the ceremony of circumcision as a sign of the covenant. So Abraham circumcised Isaac a week after he was born; Isaac circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob circumcised his twelve sons, the famous ancestors of our race.

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was loved less than Rachel, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel remained childless.

Genesis 30:5

Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.

Genesis 35:16

Jacob and his family left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, the time came for Rachel to have her baby, and she was having difficult labor.

Genesis 35:18

But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 1:34

Abraham's son Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob.

Matthew 1:2

From Abraham to King David, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.

John 7:22

Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons (although it was not Moses but your ancestors who started it), and so you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.

Acts 2:29

“My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.

Romans 4:10

When did this take place? Was it before or after Abraham was circumcised? It was before, not after.

Galatians 3:15

My friends, I am going to use an everyday example: when two people agree on a matter and sign an agreement, no one can break it or add anything to it.

Galatians 3:17

What I mean is that God made a covenant with Abraham and promised to keep it. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years later, cannot break that covenant and cancel God's promise.

Hebrews 7:4

You see, then, how great he was. Abraham, our famous ancestor, gave him one tenth of all he got in the battle.