Acts 7:16

and their bodies were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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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 so Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and our ancestors also,

17As the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people increased largely in numbers in Egypt,

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Cross References

Genesis 33:9Esau said, ‘I have enough, my brother; keep what you have.’

Genesis 35:19So Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

Genesis 50:12Then Jacob’s sons did for him what he had commanded them:

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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