Acts 7:16

and were translated into Sichem ond were put in ye sepulcre that Abraham bought for money of the sonnes of Emor at Sichem.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 Iacob descended into Egipte and dyed bothe he and oure fathers

17When ye tyme of ye promes drue nye (which God had sworme to Abraham) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte

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Cross References

Genesis 33:9And Esau sayde: I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf.

Genesis 35:19And thus dyed Rahel ad was buryed in the waye to Ephrath which now is called Bethlehem.

Genesis 50:12And his sonnes dyd vnto him acordynge as he had commaunded 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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