Acts 7:16

And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

In Context

15And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he perished, he and our fathers.

17But as the time of the promise approached that God swore to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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Cross References

Genesis 33:9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother, let that which thou have be thine.

Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

Genesis 50:12And his sons did to him according as he commanded them.

Exodus 13:19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had strictly sworn the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones away from here with you.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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