Acts 7:16
14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
18 Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem.
- BLB
- and they were carried over into Shechem and were placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
- ÅB
- og de ble ført til Sikem og lagt i den grav som Abraham kjøpte for en kjøpesum i sølv av Hemors barn i Sikem.
- OTB
- Deres kropper ble brakt tilbake til Sikem og lagt i graven som Abraham hadde kjøpt fra sønnene til Hamor i Sikem for en sum penger.
- B1930
- og de blev ført til Sikem og lagt i den grav som Abraham kjøpte for en kjøpesum i sølv av Hemors barn i Sikem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
Read in contextGenesis 23:16
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
Read in contextExodus 13:19
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
Read in contextGenesis 34:2–31
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
Read in contextGenesis 50:13
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Read in contextGenesis 33:9–20
“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
Read in contextGenesis 49:29–32
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Read in contextGenesis 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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