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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 7:16 in context
Acts 7:13–19
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On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
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Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
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Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
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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.
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“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
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The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
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