SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:8
Y le dio el Pacto de la circuncisin; y así Abraham engendr a Isaac, y le circuncid al octavo día; e Isaac a Jacob, y Jacob a los doce patriarcas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 7:8
Verse 8. He gave him the covenant of circumcision] That is, he instituted the rite of circumcision, as a sign of that covenant which he had made with him and his posterity. See Gen. xvii. 10, &c. And so Abraham begat Isaac] kai outwv, And thus, in this covenant, he begat Isaac; and as a proof that he was born under this covenant, was a true son of Abraham and inheritor of the promises, he circumcised him the eighth day; and this rite being observed in the family of Isaac, Jacob and his twelve sons were born under the covenant; and thus their descendants, the twelve tribes, being born under the same covenant, and practising the same rite, were, by the ordinance of Gods legal inheritors of the promised land, and all the secular and spiritual advantages connected with it.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. And he gave him the covenant of circumcision , etc.] Or the covenant, of which circumcision was a sign or token, ( Genesis 17:11).
Stephen speaks here in the language of the Jews, who are wont to speak of circumcision after this manner; hence in the Jewish liturgy, there is a collect, hlym tyrbl , for the covenant of circumcision f271 ; and so it is said f272 , when Joseph died, they made void the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day ; according to the express command in ( Genesis 17:12 (See Gill on Philippians 3:5)) and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs ; the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-16 - Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God, and an apostate from the church; therefore he shows that he is a son of Abraham, and value himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to Abraha advanced toward performance, plainly show that it had a spiritual meaning, and that the land intended was the heavenly. God owned Josep in his troubles, and was with him by the power of his Spirit, both of his own mind by giving him comfort, and on those he was concerned with by giving him favour in their eyes. Stephen reminds the Jews of their mean beginning as a check to priding themselves in the glories of tha nation. Likewise of the wickedness of the patriarchs of their tribes in envying their brother Joseph; and the same spirit was still workin in them toward Christ and his ministers. The faith of the patriarchs in desiring to be buried in the land of Canaan, plainly showed they ha regard to the heavenly country. It is well to recur to the first ris of usages, or sentiments, which have been perverted. Would we know the nature and effects of justifying faith, we should study the characte of the father of the faithful. His calling shows the power and freenes of Divine grace, and the nature of conversion. Here also we see tha outward forms and distinctions are as nothing, compared with separatio from the world, and devotedness to God.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ εδωκεν 1325 5656 V-AAI-3S αυτω 846 P-DSM διαθηκην 1242 N-ASF περιτομης 4061 N-GSF και 2532 CONJ ουτως 3779 ADV εγεννησεν 1080 5656 V-AAI-3S τον 3588 T-ASM ισαακ 2464 N-PRI και 2532 CONJ περιετεμεν 4059 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτον 846 P-ASM τη 3588 T-DSF ημερα 2250 N-DSF τη 3588 T-DSF ογδοη 3590 A-DSF και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM ισαακ 2464 N-PRI τον 3588 T-ASM ιακωβ 2384 N-PRI και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM ιακωβ 2384 N-PRI τους 3588 T-APM δωδεκα 1427 A-NUI πατριαρχας 3966 N-APM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
8. The covenant of circumcision. There is no article, and it is better omitted in rendering. He gave him a covenant, the peculiar character of which is defined by the next word - of circumcision; i.e., of which circumcision was the completion and seal.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
7:8 {The covenant of circumcision} (diaqeken peritomes). A covenant marked by (genitive) circumcision (no article) of which circumcision is the sign (#Ro 4:11) as set forth in #Ge 17:9-14. In the ancient Greek diaqeke was usually will (Latin, _testamentum_) and sunqeke was used for covenant (sun, together, rather than dia, between). But the LXX and the N.T. use diaqeke for covenant (will in #Heb 9:15f.) as Lightfoot on #Ga 3:16 says: "The LXX translation and New Testament writers probably preferred diaqeke as better expressing the {free grace} of God than sunqeke." {And so} (kai houtws). After the covenant was made and as a sign and seal of it.
