Acts 7:16

and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem.

Darby Translation

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 died, he and our fathers,

17But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

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Cross References

Genesis 33:9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.

Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.

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

Exodus 13:19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, God will be sure to visit you; then ye shall carry my bones with you hence.

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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