Genesis 21:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

Genesis 21:4 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 17:12 "And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.

Acts 7:8 "And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so 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. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

21:4 He circumcised his son - The covenant being established with him, the seal of the covenant was administered to him.

MHC:

21:1-8 Few under the Old Testament were brought into the world with such expectations as Isaac. He was in this a type of Christ, that Seed which the holy God so long promised, and holy men so long expected. He was born according to the promise, at the set time of which God had spoken. God's promised mercies will certainly come at the time which He sets, and that is the best time. Isaac means laughter, and there was good reason for the name, ch. 17:17; 18:13. When the Sun of comfort is risen upon the soul, it is good to remember how welcome the dawning of the day was. When Sarah received the promise, she laughed with distrust and doubt. When God gives us the mercies we began to despair of, we ought to remember with sorrow and shame our sinful distrust of his power and promise, when we were in pursuit of them. This mercy filled Sarah with joy and wonder. God's favours to his covenant people are such as surpass their own and others' thoughts and expectations: who could imagine that he should do so much for those that deserve so little, nay, for those that deserve so ill? Who would have said that God should send his Son to die for us, his Spirit to make us holy, his angels to attend us? Who would have said that such great sins should be pardoned, such mean services accepted, and such worthless worms taken into covenant? A short account of Isaac's infancy is given. God's blessing upon the nursing of children, and the preservation of them through the perils of the infant age, are to be acknowledged as signal instances of the care and tenderness of the Divine providence. See Ps 22:9,10; Ho 11:1,2.

CONC:

Circumcised Circumciseth Circumcision Commanded Eight Isaac Undergo

Abraham Circumcised Circumciseth Circumcision Commanded Eight Isaac Undergo

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