Acts 7:16
Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought with silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
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15Jacob traveled to Egypt, and died there—as did our forefathers.
Cross References
Genesis 33:9“I have more than enough, my brother! You keep what you have,” said Esau.
Genesis 35:19Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also known as Bethlehem).
Genesis 50:12Jacob's sons did what he had instructed them to do.
Exodus 13:19Moses carried Joseph's bones with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn promise, saying, “God will definitely take care of you, and then you must take my bones with you when you leave here.”
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 →