Acts 7:16

And they were translated into Sichem, and were laid in the sepulchre, that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hemor, the son of Sichem.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

15So Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, and our fathers.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 33:9But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.

Genesis 35:19So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem.

Genesis 50:12So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.

Exodus 13:19And Moses took Joseph's bones with him: because he had adjured the children of Israel, saying: God shall visit you, carry out my bones from hence 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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