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Genesis 21:4

Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Abraham was an hundred years old when son Isaac was born unto him. So that this was years after his departure from Haran, and coming into the land of Canaan, for then he was seventy five years of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 21:1-34

- 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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And Abraham circumcised his son - See note on Gen 17:10, etc.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 21:1-8

Long-looked-for comes at last. The vision concerning the promised seed is for an appointed time, and now, at the end, it speaks, and does not lie; few under the Old Testament were brought into the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

circumcised Abraham fulfilled the command of Gen 17:10 (P). That Isaac, the son of the promise, was circumcised on the 8th day is particularly mentioned by St Stephen, Act 7:8.

The mention of…