Acts 7:8

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 30:5

And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

Genesis 35:16

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel was in childbirth, and she had hard labor.

Genesis 35:18

As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 1:34

Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Matthew 1:2

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

John 7:22

Moses gave you circumcision (it is, of course, not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the sabbath.

Acts 2:29

“Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Romans 4:10

How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, I give an example from daily life: once a person's will has been ratified, no one adds to it or annuls it.

Galatians 3:17

My point is this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Hebrews 7:4

See how great he is! Even Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth of the spoils.