Acts 7:8

New Century Version

God made an agreement with Abraham, the sign of which was circumcision. And so when Abraham had his son Isaac, Abraham circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob did the same for his sons, the twelve ancestors of our people.

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, he made it possible for Leah to have children, but not Rachel.

Genesis 30:5

She became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

Genesis 35:16

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

Genesis 35:18

Rachel gave birth to the son, but she herself died. As she lay dying, she named the boy Son of My Suffering, but Jacob called him Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 1:34

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

Matthew 1:2

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

John 7:22

Moses gave you the law about circumcision. (But really Moses did not give you circumcision; it came from our ancestors.) And yet you circumcise a baby boy on a Sabbath day.

Acts 2:29

“Brothers and sisters, I can tell you truly that David, our ancestor, died and was buried. His grave is still here with us today.

Romans 4:10

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

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, let us think in human terms: Even an agreement made between two persons is firm. After that agreement is accepted by both people, no one can stop it or add anything to it.

Galatians 3:17

This is what I mean: God had an agreement with Abraham and promised to keep it. The law, which came four hundred thirty years later, cannot change that agreement and so destroy God’s promise to Abraham.

Hebrews 7:4

You can see how great Melchizedek was. Abraham, the great father, gave him a tenth of everything that he won in battle.