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 you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you in their generations.

Because of this Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers,) and you circumcise a man on the sabbath day.

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

Brothers, I speak according to man, a covenant having been ratified, even among mankind, no one sets aside or adds to it.

And so

And a son of eight days shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations; he that is born in the house, or bought with silver of any stranger who is not of your seed.

And Jehovah visited Sarah as He had said. And Jehovah did to Sarah as He had spoken.

And isaac

And Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.

For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son."

And jacob

And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.

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

And they moved from Bethel. And there was only a length of land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor in her bearing.

And these were the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt. Every man and his household came with Jacob:

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

Patriarchs

Men, brothers, it is permitted to say to you with plainness as to the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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

General references

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him (whom Sarah bore to him) Isaac.

the covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac;

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it Zacharias, after his father's name.