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Acts 7:16 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 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.Acts 7:16 · King James Version
Acts 7:16 in context
14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16And 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.
17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sepulchremnēmaa monument or memorial to perpetuate the memory of any person or thing, a sepulchral…G3418 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- SychemsychemShechem = " shoulder diligence" , a city in Ephraim, the son of EmmorG4966 →
- boughtōneomaito buyG5608 →
- fatherhothis, that, these, etcG3588 →
- moneyargyrionsilver, money, a silver coin, silver piece, a shekelG694 →
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Stephen is now at the bar before the great council of the nation, indicted for blasphemy: what the witnesses swore against him we had an account of in the foregoing chapter, that he spoke blasphemous words against Moses and God; for he spoke against this holy place and the law. Now here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16