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Acts 7:16

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and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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Acts 7:16 in other translations

and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

Acts 7:16 · World English Bible

Acts 7:16 in context

  1. 14And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
  2. 15And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
  3. 16and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
  4. 17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
  5. 18till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.