Acts 7:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, as Isaac did Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he made her fruitful, while Rachel was barren.

Genesis 30:5

When Bilhah conceived and bore a son for Jacob,

Genesis 35:16

Then they departed from Bethel; but while they still had some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and suffered great distress.

Genesis 35:18

With her last breath—for she was at the point of death—she named him Ben-oni; but his father named him Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 1:34

Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

Matthew 1:2

Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

John 7:22

because of it. Moses gave you circumcision—not that it came from Moses but rather from the patriarchs—and you circumcise a man on the sabbath.

Acts 2:29

My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to this day.

Romans 4:10

Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or not? He was not circumcised, but uncircumcised.

Galatians 3:15

Brothers, in human terms I say that no one can annul or amend even a human will once ratified.

Galatians 3:17

This is what I mean: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.

Hebrews 7:4

See how great he is to whom the patriarch “Abraham [indeed] gave a tenth” of his spoils.