Acts 7:15-16

Stephen's Speech

15 And o Jacob went down into Egypt, and p he died, he q and our fathers, 16 and r they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that s Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 46:5
    Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
    Genesis 46:28
    He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
    Psalms 105:23
    Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 49:33
    When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 1:6
    Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 50:25
    Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.
    Exodus 13:19
    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.
    Joshua 24:32
    As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 23:16
    Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
    Genesis 33:19
    And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.
    Joshua 24:32
    As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
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