Acts 7:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

The covenant

And so

Genesis 17:12

Genesis 21:1

And isaac

And jacob

1 Chronicles 2:1

Patriarchs

Acts 2:29

Hebrews 7:4

General references

Genesis 21:3

Psalm 105:9

Luke 1:59

Bible References

The covenant

And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.

How then has it been reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

Brethren, (I speak according to man,) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to.

And so

And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.

And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.

And isaac

And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived.

And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;

For this word is of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.

And jacob

And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,

Patriarchs

Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

Now consider how great this personage was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.

General references

And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.