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 shall keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on a Sabbath.

How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

Brothers (I speak according to a man), in the same way of a man, no man annuls or adds to a contract that has been ratified.

And so

And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations: he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

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

And isaac

And Isaac entreated LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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

Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers,

For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and there will be a son by Sarah.

And jacob

And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt (every man and his household who came with Jacob):

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

Patriarchs

Men, brothers, being permitted to speak to you with openness about the patriarch David, that he both perished and was buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day.

And notice how great this man was, to whom also the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the best 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 his oath to Isaac,

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias.