Acts 7:16

They were carried over to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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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, he and our fathers.

17As the time of the promise approached, the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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Cross References

Genesis 33:9Esau said, “I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”

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

Genesis 50:12So his sons did for Jacob just as he had instructed them.

Exodus 13:19Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear and said, “God will surely rescue you, and you must carry away my bones 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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