Acts 7:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ and they were brought over to Sheḵ

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And their bodies [Jacob's and Joseph's] were taken back to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of [silver] money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. [Gen. 50:13; Josh. 24:32.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had purchased for a certain sum of money from Hamor’s children, who lived in Shechem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And they crossed over into Shechem, and they were placed in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the son of Shechem.

Acts 7:16 Cross References

Genesis 23:16

And Aḇ

Genesis 23:4

“I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me property for a burial site among you, so that I bury my dead from my presence.”

Genesis 35:19

So Raḥ

Genesis 47:30

but I shall lie with my fathers, and you shall take me up out of Mitsrayim and bury me in their burial place.” And he said, “I do as you have said.”

Genesis 50:12

And his sons did to him as he had commanded them,

Genesis 50:13

for his sons brought him to the land of Kenaʽ

Exodus 13:19

And Mosheh took the bones of Yosĕ

Joshua 24:32

And the bones of Yosĕ