Genesis 21:4

Genesis 21:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
• New International Version (NIV)When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Context of Genesis 21:4

2And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. 3And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6And Sarah said, God has made me laugh: all that hear will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:4 word by word

וַיָּ֤מָל אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔וֹ בֶּן־שְׁמֹנַ֖ת יָמִ֑ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Abrahamאַבְרָהָם'abrâhâm · AbrahamH85
• circumcisedמוּלmûl · to circumciseH4135
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Isaacיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327
• eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Genesis 21:4

• Genesis 17:10This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee — that every male among you be circumcised.
• Exodus 12:48And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and hold it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
• Leviticus 12:3And on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.
• Deuteronomy 12:32Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.
• Luke 1:6And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• Luke 2:21And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.
• John 7:22Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.
• Acts 7:8And he gave to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

Commentaries on Genesis 21:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And Abraham circumcised his son - See note on Genesis 17:10, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-34Verses 1-34 - The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chûm “black. באר שׁבע beêr -sheba‛ Beer-sheba, “well of seven.” 22. פיכל pı̂ykol Pikhol, “mouth or spokesman of all.” 23. נין nı̂yn “offspring, kin;” related: “sprout, flourish.” נכד neked “progeny,” perhaps “acquaintance,” cognate with נגד ngd “be before” (the eyes) and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Abraham responded in faith by naming his son Isaac and circumcising him according to the terms of the covenant (see 17:9–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. Abraham called the name of his son ... Isaac ... and circumcised--God was acknowledged in the name which, by divine command, was given for a memorial (compare Ge 17:19), and also in the dedication of the child by administering the seal of the covenant (compare Ge 17:10-12).Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 21:4

• Circumcision
• Isaac
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• God
• Isaac
• Abraham, Abram
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Call
• Cast
• Everlasting
• Falsely
• Grievous

Commentaries on Genesis 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings