Acts 7:8

Weymouth NT

»Then He gave him the Covenant of circumcision, and under this Covenant he became the father of Isaac–whom he circumcised on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.«

Cross References

Matthew 1:2

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

John 7:22

Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers), and even on a Sabbath day you circumcise a child.

Acts 2:29

»As to the patriarch David, I need hardly remind you, brethren, that he died and was buried, and that we still have his tomb among us.«

Romans 4:10

What then were the circumstances under which this took place? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before?

Galatians 3:15

Brethren, even a covenant made by a man –to borrow an illustration from daily life– when once formally sanctioned is not liable to be set aside or added to.

Galatians 3:17

I mean that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later–so as to annul the promise.

Hebrews 7:4

Now think how great this priest-king must have been to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth part of the best of the spoil.