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Acts 7:16

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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.

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Acts 7:16 in other translations

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.

Acts 7:16 · American Standard Version

Acts 7:16 in context

  1. 14Joseph sent and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
  2. 15Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers,
  3. 16and 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.
  4. 17“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
  5. 18until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.