Acts 7:16

And were remoued into Sychem, and were put in the sepulchre, that Abraham had bought for money of the sonnes of Emor, sonne of Sychem.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and our fathers,

17But when the time of the promise drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,

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Cross References

Genesis 33:9And Esau said, I haue ynough, my brother: keepe that thou hast to thy selfe.

Genesis 35:19Thus died Rahel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

Genesis 50:12So his sonnes did vnto him, according as he had commanded them:

Exodus 13:19(And Moses tooke the bones of Ioseph with him: for he had made the children of Israel sweare, saying, God will surely visite you, and ye shall take my bones away 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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