Acts 7:8

New King James Version

⁸^(A)Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; ^(B)and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; ^(C)and Isaac begot Jacob, and ^(D)Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

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Acts 7:8

New American Standard Bible

⁸And He ^(A)gave him ^[a]the covenant of circumcision; and so ^(B)Abraham fathered Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and ^(C)Isaac fathered Jacob, and ^(D)Jacob, the twelve ^(E)patriarchs.

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Footnotes

Acts 7:8 Or a

Acts 7:8

Amplified Bible

⁸And God gave Abraham a covenant [a formal agreement to be strictly observed] of [which] circumcision [was the sign]; and so [under these circumstances] Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [became the father] of ^[a]Jacob, and Jacob [became the father] of the ^[b]twelve patriarchs.^(A)

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Footnotes

Acts 7:8 Jacob’s name was changed to Israel (Gen 32:28).
Acts 7:8 Ancestral fathers of the twelve tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Acts 7:8

King James Version

⁸And 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.

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