Acts 7:16

Acts 7:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.

Context of Acts 7:16

14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. 15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver. 17As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number. 18Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.

Acts 7:16 word by word

καὶ μετετέθησαν εἰς Συχὲμ καὶ ἐτέθησαν ἐν τῷ μνήματι ᾧ ὠνήσατο Ἀβραὰμ τιμῆς ἀργυρίου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἑμμὼρ ἐν Συχέμ.Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• were carried backμετατίθημιmetatithēmi · to transportG3346
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• ShechemΣυχέμSuchem · ShechemG4966
• placedτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• tombμνῆμαmnēma · tombG3418
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• had boughtὠνέομαιōneomai · to buyG5608
• fromπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• sonsυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of HamorἘμμόρEmmor · HamorG1697
• for a price he paidτιμήtimē · honorG5092
• in silverἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694

Cross-references for Acts 7:16

• Acts 23:16But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
• Exodus 13:19Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
• Joshua 24:32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
• Genesis 33:9“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
• Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
• Genesis 49:29Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
• Genesis 34:2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

Commentaries on Acts 7:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16And were carried over to Sychem - "It is said, Genesis 50:13, that Jacob was buried in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre. And in Joshua 24:32, and Exodus 13:19, it is said that the bones of Joseph were carried out of Egypt by the Israelites, and buried in Shechem, which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem. As for the eleven brethren of Joseph, we are told by Josephus, Ant. lib. ii. cap. 8. sect. 2, that they were buried…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16a price: This was 400 pieces of silver, according to Genesis 23:16.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-169-16. the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him--Here Stephen gives his first example of Israel's opposition to God's purposes, in spite of which and by means of which those purposes were accomplished.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 7:16

• Burial
• Court
• Emmor
• Government
• Hamor
• Joseph
• Machpelah
• Money
• Readings, Select
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Abraham, Abram
• Charge
• Emmor
• Hamor
• Resist
• Saying
• Sepulchre
• Shechem
• Stone

Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings