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

14And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls. 15And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers, and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem. 17But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, 18until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.

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

• placedτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• moneyἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694
• sonsυἱόςuihos · sonG5207

Cross-references for Acts 7:16

• Acts 23:16But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.
• Exodus 13:19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, God will be sure to visit you; then ye shall carry my bones with you hence.
• Joshua 24:32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
• Genesis 33:9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.
• Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
• Genesis 49:29And he charged them, and said to them, I am gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
• Genesis 34:2And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

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