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

14Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his relatives, 75 people in all. 15So Jacob went to Egypt, and he and our ancestors died there. They were taken to Shechem for burial in the tomb that Abraham purchased in Shechem from Hamor’s sons. 17“When the time that God had promised to Abraham had almost come, the number of our people in Egypt had grown very large. 18Then a different king, who knew nothing about Joseph, began to rule in 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• were carried overμετατίθημιmetatithēmi · to transportG3346
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• SychemΣυχέμSuchem · ShechemG4966
• laidτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the sepulchreὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the sepulchreμνῆμαmnēma · tombG3418
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• boughtὠνέομαιōneomai · to buyG5608
• for a sumτιμήtimē · honorG5092
• of moneyἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694
• of the sonsυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• ofπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• EmmorἘμμόρEmmor · HamorG1697

Cross-references for Acts 7:16

• Acts 23:16But Paul’s nephew heard about the ambush. He entered the barracks and told Paul.
• Exodus 13:19Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear to do this. Joseph had said, “God will definitely come to help you. When he does, take my bones with you.”
• Joshua 24:32Joseph’s bones, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, were buried at Shechem. They were placed in the plot of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver. The plot was inherited by Joseph’s descendants.
• Genesis 33:9Esau said, “I have enough. Keep what you have, Brother.”
• Genesis 35:19Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
• Genesis 49:29Then he gave them these instructions, “I am about to join my ancestors in death. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
• Genesis 34:2When Shechem, son of the local ruler Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped 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