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Acts 7:8

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

KJV

καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ διαθήκην περιτομῆς· καὶ οὕτως ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ, καὶ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακώβ, καὶ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς δώδεκα πατριάρχας.

Greek NT

Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis : et sic genuit Isaac, et circumcidit eum die octavo : et Isaac, Jacob : et Jacob, duodecim patriarchas.

Vulgate

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

ASV

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People AbrahamIsaacJacobJacob

In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γεννάω
gennao
verb · 97×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
διαθήκη
diatheke
noun · 33×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
πατριάρχης
patriarches
noun · 4×
περιτέμνω
peritemno
verb · 17×
περιτομή
peritome
noun · 36×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰακώβ
iakob
noun · 27×
Ἰσαάκ
isaak
noun · 20×
o
article · 19778×
ὄγδοος
ogdoos
adjective · 5×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + ὁ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + ὁ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 1:34 — And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
  • Acts 2:29 — Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
  • Gen 17:9 — And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
  • Gen 17:10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
  • Gen 17:11 — And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
  • Gen 17:12 — 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.
  • Gen 21:2 — For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
  • Gen 21:4 — And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
  • Gen 35:23 — The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
  • Heb 7:4 — Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
  • Matt 1:2 — Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
  • Ps 105:9 — Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;