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Acts 7:15-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Acts 7:15-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, where he himself died, as did [also] our forefathers;(A)
16 And their [a]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.(B)
17 But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near which God had made to Abraham, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
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- Acts 7:16 Stephen greatly compresses Old Testament accounts of two land purchases and two burial places (at Hebron and Shechem). See Gen. 23:17-18 and Gen. 33:19.
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