Acts 7:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“God made an agreement with Abraham; the sign for this agreement was circumcision. And so when Abraham had a son, he circumcised him when he was eight days old. His son’s name was Isaac. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob. And Jacob did the same for his sons, who became the twelve great ancestors of our people.

Cross References

Acts 2:29

“My brothers, I can tell you for sure about David, our great ancestor. He died, was buried, and his tomb is still here with us today.

Genesis 35:16

Jacob and his group left Bethel. Before they came to Ephrath, Rachel began giving birth to her baby.

Hebrews 7:4

You can see that Melchizedek was very great. Abraham, our great ancestor, gave him a tenth of everything he won in battle.

Galatians 3:17

This is what I mean: The agreement that God gave to Abraham was made official long before the law came. The law came 430 years later. So the law could not take away the agreement and change God’s promise.

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, let me give you an example from everyday life: Think about an agreement that one person makes with another. After that agreement is made official, no one can stop it or add anything to it, and no one can ignore it.

Romans 4:10

So how did this happen? Did God accept Abraham before or after he was circumcised? God accepted him before his circumcision.

John 7:22

But you obey the law Moses gave you about circumcision—and sometimes you do it on a Sabbath day. (Really, Moses is not the one who gave you circumcision. It came from our ancestors who lived before Moses.) Yes, you often circumcise baby boys on a Sabbath day.

Matthew 1:2

Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

1 Chronicles 1:34

Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac’s sons were Esau and Israel.

Genesis 35:18

Rachel died while giving birth to the son. Before dying, she named the boy Benoni. But Jacob called him Benjamin.

Genesis 29:31

The Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, so he made it possible for Leah to have children. But Rachel did not have any children.

Genesis 30:5

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.