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Genesis 21:4

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

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Genesis 21:4 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 7:8 (7 votes) and Genesis 17:10–12 (2 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 17 to Hebrews 6.

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Which verses does Genesis 21:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Acts 7:87 votes

    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

  2. Genesis 17:10–122 votes

    This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. …

  3. Exodus 12:482 votes

    If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

  4. Leviticus 12:32 votes

    And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

  5. Deuteronomy 12:322 votes

    See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

  6. Luke 1:62 votes

    Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

  7. Luke 1:592 votes

    On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

  8. Luke 2:212 votes

    When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.

  9. John 7:22–232 votes

    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.) If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

Which verses point to Genesis 21:4?

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