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Acts 7:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Acts 7:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 so Jacob went down to Egypt. He himself died there as well as our ancestors,(A) 16 and their bodies[a] were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.(B)
17 “But as the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased and multiplied(C)
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