• Acts 7:8
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 8 καὶ And ἔδωκεν he gave αὐτῷ to him διαθήκην covenant περιτομῆς· of circumcision; καὶ and οὕτως thus ἐγέννησεν he generated τὸν the Ἰσαὰκ Isaac καὶ and περιέτεμεν he circumcised αὐτὸν him τῇ to the ἡμέρᾳ day τῇ the ὀγδόῃ, eighth, καὶ and Ἰσαὰκ Isaac τὸν the Ἰακώβ, Jacob, καὶ and Ἰακὼβ Jacob τοὺς the δώδεκα twelve πατριάρχας. patriarchs.

  • Acts 7:8
    King James Version

    • 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.

  • Acts 7:8
    American Standard Version

    • 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 the twelve patriarchs.

  • Acts 7:8
    The Bible in Living English

    • 8 and he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And thus he had his son Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve founders of the tribes.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 7:8

      and Isaac became the father of Jacob: The Greek text does not repeat either of the two preceding verbs “became the father of” and “circumcised.” Therefore, either or both of these verbs could be implied in the last part of the verse. Thus, it is also possible to render that part of the verse: “And Isaac did the same with [that is, circumcised] Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 family heads.”

      family heads: Or “patriarchs.” The Greek word pa·tri·arʹkhes occurs four times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Here it refers to Jacob’s 12 sons (Ge 35:23-26), and it is also used with regard to David (Ac 2:29) and Abraham (Heb 7:4).