Genesis 21:4
New International Version
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.

New Living Translation
Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

English Standard Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Berean Standard Bible
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

King James Bible
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

New King James Version
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

New American Standard Bible
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

NASB 1995
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

NASB 1977
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Amplified Bible
So Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him.

Christian Standard Bible
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

American Standard Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Abraham circumcised Isaaq his son, a son of eight days, as God commanded him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.

Contemporary English Version
and when the boy was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,

English Revised Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

Good News Translation
and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded.

International Standard Version
On the eighth day after his son Isaac had been born, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Literal Standard Version
and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.

Majority Standard Bible
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

New American Bible
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded.

NET Bible
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.

New Revised Standard Version
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

New Heart English Bible
Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

World English Bible
Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Young's Literal Translation
and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

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Context
The Birth of Isaac
3And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him. 4When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him. 5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.…

Cross References
John 7:22
But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

Genesis 17:12
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner--even those who are not your offspring.


Treasury of Scripture

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Genesis 17:10-12
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised…

Exodus 12:48
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

Leviticus 12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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Genesis 21
1. Isaac is born, and circumcised.
6. Sarah's joy.
8. Isaac is weaned.
9. Hagar and Ishmael sent away.
15. Hagar in distress.
17. The angel relieves and comforts her.
23. Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba.














Verse 4. - And Abraham circumcised (vide on Genesis 17:11, and note at the end of that chapter) his son Isaac being eight days old (literally, a son of eight days), as (not only because, but in the manner in which) God had commanded him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When his son
בְּנ֔וֹ (bə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

Isaac
יִצְחָ֣ק (yiṣ·ḥāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah

was eight
שְׁמֹנַ֖ת (šə·mō·naṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth

days old,
יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

Abraham
אַבְרָהָם֙ (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

circumcised him,
וַיָּ֤מָל (way·yā·māl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

God
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

had commanded him.
צִוָּ֥ה (ṣiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order


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