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 unto Abraham, "See thou keep my covenant, both thou and thy seed after thee in their times.

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision: not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers. And yet ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.

How was it reckoned? In the time of circumcision? Or in the time before he was circumcised? Not in time of circumcision: but when he was yet uncircumcised.

Brethren, I will speak after the manner of men. Though it be but a man's testament, yet no man despiseth it, or addeth anything thereto when it is once allowed.

And so

And every manchild when it is eight days old, shall be circumcised among you in your generations, and all servants also born at home or bought with money, though they be strangers and not of thy seed.

The LORD visited Sara as he had said, and did unto her according as he had spoken.

And isaac

And Isaac made intercession unto the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

For this is a word of promise, "About this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son."

And jacob

When the LORD saw that Lea was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.

When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead."

And they departed from Bethel, and when he was but a field breadth from Ephrata, Rachel began to travail. And in travailing she was in peril.

These are the names of the children of Israel, which came to Egypt with Jacob, every man with his household:

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

Patriarchs

"Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David: For he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre remaineth with us unto his day.

Consider what a man this was, unto whom the patriarch Abraham gave tithes of the spoils.

General references

And Abraham called his son's name that was born unto him, which Sara bare him, Isaac:

even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he sware unto Isaac,

And it fortuned, the eighth day they came to circumcise the child: and called his name Zacharias after the name of his father,