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Genesis 21:4 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Genesis 21:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 21 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.”
Genesis 21:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contrast between divin...
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Cross-References for Genesis 21:4
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“and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob”
“which you shall keep”
“that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto”
“that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias”
“walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.”
“and will keep the Passover to Yahweh”
“but of the fathers)”
“his name was called Jesus”
“And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.”