Genesis 21:4

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

— Genesis 21:4, NET Bible®

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Genesis 21 — Context

1

The Birth of Isaac The LORD visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

2

So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

3

Abraham named his son– whom Sarah bore to him– Isaac.

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

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(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)

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Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

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She went on to say,“Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”