Acts 7:8 Cross References

Acts 7:8

8: God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. And so Isaac, Abraham's son, was circumcised when he was eight days old. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Jewish nation.

Genesis 35:23

  1. The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  2. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
  3. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
  4. The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.

Genesis 17:9

  1. "Your part of the agreement," God told Abraham, "is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.
  2. This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised;
  3. the flesh of his foreskin must be cut off. This will be a sign that you and they have accepted this covenant.
  4. Every male child must be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to members of your family, but also to the servants born in your household and the foreign-born servants whom you have purchased.
  5. All must be circumcised. Your bodies will thus bear the mark of my everlasting covenant.

Genesis 35:16

  1. Leaving Bethel, they traveled on toward Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). But Rachel's pains of childbirth began while they were still some distance away.

Acts 2:29

  1. "Dear brothers, think about this! David wasn't referring to himself when he spoke these words I have quoted, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.

Exodus 1:1

  1. These are the sons of Jacob who went with their father to Egypt, each with his family:
  2. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
  3. Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
  4. Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Matthew 1:2

  1. Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

Genesis 21:1

  1. Then the LORD did exactly what he had promised.
  2. Sarah became pregnant, and she gave a son to Abraham in his old age. It all happened at the time God had said it would.
  3. And Abraham named his son Isaac.
  4. Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

Romans 9:9

  1. For God had promised, "Next year I will return, and Sarah will have a son."
  2. This son was our ancestor Isaac. When he grew up, he married Rebekah, who gave birth to twins.
  3. But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message proves that God chooses according to his own plan,
  4. not according to our good or bad works.) She was told, "The descendants of your older son will serve the descendants of your younger son."
  5. In the words of the Scriptures, "I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau."

1 Chronicles 1:34

  1. Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

Galatians 3:17

  1. This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.

Genesis 35:18

  1. Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named him Ben-oni; the baby's father, however, called him Benjamin.

Romans 4:10

  1. But how did his faith help him? Was he declared righteous only after he had been circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised? The answer is that God accepted him first, and then he was circumcised later!

Genesis 29:31

  1. But because Leah was unloved, the LORD let her have a child, while Rachel was childless.
  2. So Leah became pregnant and had a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me."
  3. She soon became pregnant again and had another son. She named him Simeon, for she said, "The LORD heard that I was unloved and has given me another son."
  4. Again she became pregnant and had a son. She named him Levi, for she said, "Surely now my husband will feel affection for me, since I have given him three sons!"
  5. Once again she became pregnant and had a son. She named him Judah, for she said, "Now I will praise the LORD!" And then she stopped having children.

Galatians 3:15

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, here's an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case.

John 7:22

  1. But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses' law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision is older than the law of Moses; it goes back to Abraham.)

1 Chronicles 2:1

  1. The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
  2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Hebrews 7:4

  1. Consider then how great this Melchizedek was. Even Abraham, the great patriarch of Israel, recognized how great Melchizedek was by giving him a tenth of what he had taken in battle.

Genesis 25:21

  1. Isaac pleaded with the LORD to give Rebekah a child because she was childless. So the LORD answered Isaac's prayer, and his wife became pregnant with twins.
  2. But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. "Why is this happening to me?" she asked.
  3. And the LORD told her, "The sons in your womb will become two rival nations. One nation will be stronger than the other; the descendants of your older son will serve the descendants of your younger son."
  4. And when the time came, the twins were born.
  5. The first was very red at birth. He was covered with so much hair that one would think he was wearing a piece of clothing. So they called him Esau.
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