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Genesis 21:4

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4 En Abraham besneed zijn zoon Izak, zijnde acht dagen oud, gelijk als hem God geboden had.

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.

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Genesis 21:4 In-Context

2 En Sara werd bevrucht, en baarde Abraham een zoon in zijn ouderdom, ter gezetter tijd, dien hem God gezegd had.
3 En Abraham noemde den naam zijns zoons, dien hem geboren was, dien hem Sara gebaard had, Izak.
4 En Abraham besneed zijn zoon Izak, zijnde acht dagen oud, gelijk als hem God geboden had.
5 En Abraham was honderd jaren oud, als hem Izak zijn zoon geboren werd.
6 En Sara zeide: God heeft mij een lachen gemaakt; al die het hoort, zal met mij lachen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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