Genesis 21:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 21:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 21:4 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 21:4 — KJV
“And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.”
— Genesis 21:4 (KJV)
Genesis 21:4 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 21:4
“And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. he that is eight...: Heb. a son of eight days”
Shares key themes with Genesis 21:4: circumcised, son, eight
“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 21:4: abraham, son, isaac
“And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 21:4: abraham, son, isaac
“And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 21:4: son, isaac, being
“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 21:4: abraham, isaac, days
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