Study it in the app“And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.”
Andκαὶhe gaveἔδωκενhimαὐτῷthe covenantδιαθήκηνof circumcision;περιτομῆςandκαὶsoοὕτωςAbraham fatheredἐγέννησενIsaacτὸν Ἰσαὰκandκαὶcircumcisedπεριέτεμενhimαὐτὸνon the eighthτῇ τῇ ὀγδόῃday,ἡμέρᾳandκαὶIsaacἸσαὰκfathered Jacob,τὸν ἸακώβandκαὶJacobἸακὼβthe twelveτοὺς δώδεκαpatriarchs.πατριάρχας
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōken” appearscovenant
The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.
Where else “diathēkēn” appearscircumcision
The sign of the covenant with Abraham, a cut in the male's skin.
Where else “peritomēs” appearsfather
To have a son, or be his ancestor.
Where else “egennēsen” appearsIsaac
Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, the son of the promise.
Where else “Isaak” appearscircumcise
Circumcise.
Where else “perietemen” appearseighth
Eighth.
Where else “ogdoēi” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appearsJacob
Jacob, son of Isaac, also called Israel; father of the twelve tribes.
Where else “Iakōb” appearstwelve
The quantity twelve, the number of the tribes of Israel.
Where else “dōdeka” appearspatriarch
Patriarch: a father and head of a people or family, such as Abraham, the sons of Jacob, or David.
Where else “patriarchas” appears7‘And the nation to which they will be enslaved I will judge,’ God said, ‘and after these things they will come out and worship me in this place.’
8 · This verse (above)
9And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him
1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?
