“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.”
Acts 7:16 (KJV) |
Acts 7:16
From Acts 7, in the Book of Acts (New Testament).
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Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
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So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
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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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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.