Genesis 21:4

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.

Genesis 21:4 in Other Translations

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

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

4 Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

4 When his son was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded.

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

4 When Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

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

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. He did it exactly as God had commanded him.

Genesis 21:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:4

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old as,
God had commanded him.
] ( Genesis 17:12 ) , and was the first that we read of that was circumcised on that day, according to the divine precept, which Abraham strictly observed; for though this was the son of the promise, and of his old age, for whom he had the most affectionate regard, yet he administered this bloody ordinance on him; nor did he defer it beyond the time, and was himself the operator, as it seems; all which shows his strict regard, and ready and cheerful obedience to the command of God.

Genesis 21:4 In-Context

2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.

3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 17:10,12; Acts 7:8