Acts 7:16

And he was transported to Sychem, and was deposited in the sepulchre which Abraham bought with money of the sons of Emmor.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 went down into Egypt; and he died there, he and our fathers.

17And when the time arrived for that which God had promised to Abraham with an oath, the people had multiplied and become strong, in 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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