Acts 7:16

and they-are-placed-across into Shechem and are-placed in to{the memorial-effect} which Abraham procures of{value} of{silver-piece} beside of{the sons} [of-]Hamor of{the Shechem}.

Garth's Hyper-literal 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 descends into Egypt, and same deceases, and the fathers of{us},

17Moreover, according-as the time has-been-becoming-near of{the message-upon-ia/declaration} of{which} the God swears to{the} Abraham, the people grows/increases and is-multiplied in to{Egypt},

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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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