A moment in scripture
Acts 7:16
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Acts 7:14
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
- Acts 7:17
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
- Acts 7:18
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.