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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/acts/7.htm">New International Version</a> 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. <a href="/nlt/acts/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> Their bodies were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb Abraham had bought for a certain price from Hamor’s sons in Shechem. <a href="/esv/acts/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver. <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and they were carried over into Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/kjv/acts/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/acts/7.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/acts/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And they were brought back from there to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/nasb/acts/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/nasb77/acts/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And from there they were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/lsb/acts/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And from there they were removed to Shechem and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/amp/acts/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and [from Egypt] their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/csb/acts/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/hcsb/acts/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.&#8221 <a href="/asv/acts/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/cev/acts/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Later their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor. <a href="/erv/acts/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/gwt/acts/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They were taken to Shechem for burial in the tomb that Abraham purchased in Shechem from Hamor's sons. <a href="/gnt/acts/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Their bodies were taken to Shechem, where they were buried in the grave which Abraham had bought from the clan of Hamor for a sum of money. <a href="/isv/acts/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> They were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought at a high price from Hamor's descendants in Shechem. <a href="/msb/acts/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor of Shechem for a price he paid in silver. <a href="/net/acts/7.htm">NET Bible</a> and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/nheb/acts/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and they were brought back to Shechem, and placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/wbt/acts/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and they were taken to Shechem and were laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of money paid in silver. <a href="/web/acts/7.htm">World English Bible</a> and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they were carried over into Shechem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Shechem. <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and they were carried over into Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. <a href="/ylt/acts/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem. <a href="/slt/acts/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they transported him to Sychem and put him in the tomb which Abraham was satisfied with for a price of silver from the sons of Emmor of Sychem.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they were translated into Sichem, and were laid in the sepulchre, that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hemor, the son of Sichem. <a href="/cpdv/acts/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they crossed over into Shechem, and they were placed in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the son of Shechem. <a href="/nabre/acts/7.htm">New American Bible</a> and were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor at Shechem. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and their bodies were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he was removed to Sy’chem and buried in the sepulchre which Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Ha’mor. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And he was moved to Shechem and was placed in a tomb, which Abraham had bought with silver from the sons of Hamor.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and they were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for its value in silver, from the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem.<CM> <a href="/godbey/acts/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money. <a href="/haweis/acts/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> and they removed him to Sychem, and laid him in the sepulchre which Abraham had bought, at a price paid in silver, of the sons of Emmor, the father of Shechem. <a href="/mace/acts/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and were transported to Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and they were taken to Shechem and were laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of money paid in silver. <a href="/worrell/acts/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and they were removed to Shechem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Emmor, in Shechem. <a href="/worsley/acts/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and were carried to Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre which he had bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. <a href="/parallel/acts/7-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=1914" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin</a> …15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. 16<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Their bones</a> <a href="/greek/3346.htm" title="3346: metetethēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- From meta and tithemi; to transfer, i.e. transport, exchange, change sides, or pervert.">were carried back</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/4966.htm" title="4966: Sychem (N-AFS) -- Shechem. Of Hebrew origin; Sychem, the name of a Canaanite and of a place in Palestine.">Shechem</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5087.htm" title="5087: etethēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.">placed</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3418.htm" title="3418: mnēmati (N-DNS) -- A tomb, monument, memorial. From mnaomai; a memorial, i.e. Sepulchral monument.">tomb</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hō (RelPro-DNS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">that</a> <a href="/greek/11.htm" title="11: Abraam (N-NMS) -- Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch.">Abraham</a> <a href="/greek/5608.htm" title="5608: ōnēsato (V-AIM-3S) -- To buy, purchase. Middle voice from an apparently primary onos; to purchase.">had bought</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: para (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: huiōn (N-GMP) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">sons</a> <a href="/greek/1697.htm" title="1697: Hemmōr (N-GMS) -- Hamor, a man whose sons sold a field at Shechem to Jacob. Of Hebrew origin; Emmor, a Canaanite.">of Hamor</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">at</a> <a href="/greek/4966.htm" title="4966: Sychem (N-DFS) -- Shechem. Of Hebrew origin; Sychem, the name of a Canaanite and of a place in Palestine.">Shechem</a> <a href="/greek/5092.htm" title="5092: timēs (N-GFS) -- A price, honor. From tino; a value, i.e. Money paid, or valuables; by analogy, esteem, or the dignity itself.">for a price he paid</a> <a href="/greek/694.htm" title="694: argyriou (N-GNS) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling.">in silver.</a> 17As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/50-13.htm">Genesis 50:13</a> They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. <a href="/genesis/23-16.htm">Genesis 23:16-20</a> Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants. / So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over / to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. ... <a href="/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19</a> And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. <a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">Genesis 49:29-32</a> Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. / The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. / There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah. ... <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a> And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants. <a href="/exodus/13-19.htm">Exodus 13:19</a> Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.” <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6-7</a> Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land. / Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” <a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a> “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.” <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a> And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. <a href="/genesis/35-27.htm">Genesis 35:27-29</a> Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. / And Isaac lived 180 years. / Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. <a href="/genesis/48-21.htm">Genesis 48:21-22</a> Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. / And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.” <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24-25</a> Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” / And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.” <a href="/hebrews/11-22.htm">Hebrews 11:22</a> By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones. <a href="/john/4-5.htm">John 4:5</a> So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.were.<a href="/acts/23-16.htm">Acts 23:16</a> And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.<a href="/exodus/13-19.htm">Exodus 13:19</a> And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.<a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a> And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.the sepulchre.<a href="/genesis/33-9.htm">Genesis 33:9-20</a> And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself… <a href="/genesis/35-19.htm">Genesis 35:19</a> And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.<a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">Genesis 49:29-32</a> And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, … Emmor.<a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2</a> And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.Hamor, Shechem.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/7-8.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/acts/1-18.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/9-28.htm">Hamor</a> <a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/acts/7-9.htm">Money</a> <a href="/acts/5-3.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/acts/4-7.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/acts/5-8.htm">Price</a> <a href="/acts/1-18.htm">Purchased</a> <a href="/acts/7-4.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/acts/5-13.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/acts/2-29.htm">Sepulcher</a> <a href="/acts/2-29.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/acts/3-6.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/mark/14-11.htm">Sum</a> <a href="/acts/2-29.htm">Tomb</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/7-17.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/acts/8-2.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/acts/7-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/33-19.htm">Hamor</a> <a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/acts/8-18.htm">Money</a> <a href="/acts/8-6.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Price</a> <a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Purchased</a> <a href="/acts/8-33.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/acts/7-49.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/acts/13-29.htm">Sepulcher</a> <a href="/acts/13-29.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/acts/22-28.htm">Sum</a> <a href="/acts/13-29.htm">Tomb</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 7</div>1. <a href="/acts/7-1.htm">Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,</a> 2. <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,</a> 20. <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;</a> 37. <a href="/acts/7-37.htm">that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;</a> 44. <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;</a> 51. <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.</a> 54. <a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, </a> 59. <a href="/acts/7-59.htm">who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Shechem is a significant location in biblical history, situated in the heart of the Promised Land. It was a city of refuge and a place where God appeared to Abraham. The act of carrying bones back to Shechem symbolizes the fulfillment of God's promise to give the land to Abraham's descendants.and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought Abraham's purchase of the tomb signifies a legal claim to the land, emphasizing the permanence of God's covenant with Abraham. This act of buying a burial site in Canaan demonstrates Abraham's faith in God's promise that his descendants would inherit the land. The tomb serves as a physical reminder of God's faithfulness and the hope of resurrection.from the sons of Hamor at Shechem The sons of Hamor were the original inhabitants of Shechem. This detail highlights the historical and legal transaction that took place, ensuring that the burial site was rightfully owned by Abraham's family. It underscores the importance of Shechem as a place of covenant and God's unfolding plan for Israel.for a price he paid in silver The mention of silver indicates a formal and recognized transaction, emphasizing the legitimacy of Abraham's purchase. Silver was a common medium of exchange in ancient times, and its use here underscores the seriousness and permanence of the agreement. This transaction prefigures the redemption theme found throughout Scripture, where a price is paid for the fulfillment of God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a> The patriarch who originally purchased the tomb in Shechem. His faith and obedience to God are foundational to the account of the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a> A significant location in biblical history, often associated with covenantal events and patriarchal accounts. It is where Abraham bought the tomb and where Joseph's bones were eventually laid to rest. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sons_of_hamor.htm">Sons of Hamor</a> The original inhabitants of Shechem from whom Abraham purchased the burial site. This transaction signifies a legitimate and peaceful acquisition of land. 4. <a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a> Although not directly mentioned in this verse, Joseph's bones were carried from Egypt and buried in Shechem, fulfilling the promise made to him by his brothers. 5. <a href="/topical/s/stephen.htm">Stephen</a> The speaker in <a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Acts 7</a>, who is recounting the history of Israel to the Sanhedrin. His speech highlights God's faithfulness and the Israelites' history of resistance to God's messengers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_across_generations.htm">God's Faithfulness Across Generations</a> The burial of the patriarchs in Shechem serves as a testament to God's enduring promises. Just as God was faithful to Abraham, He remains faithful to us today. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_heritage.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Heritage</a> The act of carrying Joseph's bones to Shechem underscores the value of honoring our spiritual forebears and maintaining a connection to our faith's history. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_covenant.htm">The Significance of Covenant</a> The purchase of the tomb in Shechem is a reminder of the covenants God made with the patriarchs. We are called to live in light of the New Covenant through Christ. <a href="/topical/p/peaceful_acquisition_and_integrity.htm">Peaceful Acquisition and Integrity</a> Abraham's purchase of the tomb reflects integrity and peaceful dealings. As Christians, we are called to conduct our affairs with honesty and integrity. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_remembrance_in_faith.htm">The Role of Remembrance in Faith</a> Just as the Israelites remembered their patriarchs, we are encouraged to remember God's past faithfulness as we face present challenges.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 7</a> <a href="/q/what_do_vultures_symbolize_biblically.htm">What is Shechem's significance in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/who_bought_shechem's_burial_site,_abraham_or_jacob.htm">In Acts 7:16, Stephen says Abraham bought a burial place in Shechem, yet Genesis 33:19 credits Jacob with that purchase. Which account is correct? </a> <a href="/q/genesis_34_2__how_reconcile_dinah's_plight.htm">Genesis 34:2 - How can the apparent disregard for Dinah's autonomy be squared with a just and compassionate God?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_household_salvation_in_the_bible.htm">What does the Bible say about household salvation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) And were carried over into Sychem.--The words appear to include Jacob, who was buried not at Sychem, but Machpelah (<a href="/genesis/1-13.htm" title="And the evening and the morning were the third day.">Genesis 1:13</a>). If we limit the verb to the patriarchs, which is in itself a tenable limitation, we are met by the fresh difficulty that the Old Testament contains no record of the burial of any of the Twelve Patriarchs, with the exception of Joseph, whose bones were laid, on the occupation of Canaan, in Shechem (<a href="/joshua/24-32.htm" title="And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.">Joshua 24:32</a>); and Josephus states (Ant. iv. 8, ? 2) that they were buried at Hebron. This, however, only represents, at the best, a local tradition. In the time of Jerome (Ep. 86) the tombs of the Twelve Patriarchs were shown at Shechem, and this in its turn witnesses to a Samaritan tradition which continues to the present day (Palestine Exploration Report, Dec., 1877), and which Stephen, it may be, followed in preference to that of Judaea. Looking to the probabilities of the case, it was likely that the example set by Joseph would be followed by the other tribes, and that as Shechem was far more prominent than Hebron, as the centre of the civil and religious life of Israel in the time of Joshua, that should have been chosen as the burial-place of his brethren rather than Machpelah. Looking, again, to the fact that one of Stephen's companions, immediately after his death, goes to Samaria as a preacher, and that there are good grounds for believing that both had been previously connected with it (see Note on <a href="/acts/6-5.htm" title="And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:">Acts 6:5</a>), we may probably trace to this influence his adoption of the Samaritan version of the history. The hated Sychar (<a href="//apocrypha.org/ecclesiasticus/1-26.htm" title="If thou desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord shall give her unto thee.">Ecclesiasticus 1:26</a>; see Note on <a href="/john/4-5.htm" title="Then comes he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.">John 4:5</a>) had, from Stephen's point of view, a claim on the reverence of all true Israelites, and his assertion of that claim may well have been one of the causes of the bitterness with which his hearers listened to him.That Abraham bought for a sum of money.--Here we seem to come across a direct contradiction to the narrative of Genesis. The only recorded transaction in which Abraham appears as a buyer, was his purchase of the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite (<a href="/genesis/23-16.htm" title="And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.">Genesis 23:16</a>). The only recorded transaction in which the sons of Emmor, or Hamor, appear as sellers, was in Jacob's purchase of the field at Shechem (<a href="/genesis/33-19.htm" title="And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.">Genesis 33:19</a>; <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm" title="And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.">Joshua 24:32</a>). What we have seen above, however, prepares us for there having been a Samaritan tradition carrying the associations of Shechem to a remoter past. And, assuming such a tradition, there are significant facts in the patriarchal history of which it furnishes an explanation. (1) Jacob gives as a special inheritance to Joseph, "one portion" (in the Hebrew, "one Shechem;" in the LXX., Sikima) above his brethren, which he had taken "out of the hands of the Amorites with his sword and his bow." Of that conquest--as it is clear that the words cannot refer to the massacre connected with the story of Dinah, which Jacob had severely condemned (<a href="/genesis/34-30.htm" title="And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.">Genesis 34:30</a>)--the history contains no record, and to interpret the words as prophetic of future conquests is to strain them to a non-natural interpretation which they will hardly bear. Jacob did not come as an invader, nor had the time for thus taking possession of the whole land as yet arrived. The facts of the case suggest a special right claimed and asserted in regard to this one possession, and that right presupposes a previous purchase by some ancestor of Jacob's--i.e., by Abraham. This being done and the right asserted, to make the portion larger, and perhaps as a measure of conciliation, there followed the subsequent purchase of <a href="/genesis/33-19.htm" title="And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.">Genesis 33:19</a>. (2) Shechem was the earliest settlement of Abraham on his entrance into Canaan, and there he built an altar (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm" title="And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.">Genesis 12:7</a>). But the feeling of reverence for holy places, always strong in the Hebrew race, as seen, e.g., in the case of David and Araunah, would hardly permit a man of Abraham's wealth and princely nobleness to offer burnt-offerings to the Lord of that which had cost him nothing (<a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm" title="And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it of you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God of that which does cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.">2Samuel 24:24</a>); nor would a devout worshipper be content to see the altar so consecrated in the possession of another, and so exposed to desecration. The building of an altar involved, almost of necessity, as in the case just cited, the purchase of the ground on which it stood. (3) The Samaritans had an immemorial tradition (adopted by Dean Stanley, Ffouikes, Grove, and others) that the sacrifice of Isaac took place on the mountain of Moriah (<a href="/genesis/22-2.htm" title="And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.">Genesis 22:2</a>), or Gerizim, which commands the plain of Moreh (<a href="/genesis/12-6.htm" title="And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.">Genesis 12:6</a>), or Shechem; and, without now discussing the evidence for or against the tradition, it almost involved of necessity the assumption that Abraham had already an altar there, and with it a consecrated field which he could call his own. (4) Another Samaritan tradition, it may be noted, connected Shechem with the sacrifice offered by Melchizedek. This is enough to show the extent of the claims which were made by the Samaritans on behalf of their sacred places, and, taken together with the statement referred to in the previous Note as to the tombs of the Patriarchs, leads us to the conclusion that Stephen, more or less influenced by his recent associations with them, adopted their traditions. This seems, at any rate, the most probable solution of the difficulty which the statement at first sight presents. To do this in Jerusalem, before the very Sanhedrin, the members of which had reviled our Lord as a Samaritan (<a href="/john/8-48.htm" title="Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a devil?">John 8:48</a>), required a martyr's boldness, and, claiming as it did, a brotherhood for the hated Samaritans, the hereditary foes of Judah, had, we may believe, much to do with causing the fury that ended in his actual martyrdom. It may be added (1) that the manifest familiarity of St. Luke with Samaria and the Samaritans would dispose him to accept such a tradition without correction (see Introduction to St. Luke's Gospel); (2) that the Twelve, some of whom had sojourned for three days at Sychar (<a href="/john/4-43.htm" title="Now after two days he departed there, and went into Galilee.">John 4:43</a>), were likely to have become acquainted with it, and to have been ignorant of the Hebron traditions; (3) that the well-known substitution of Gerizim for Ebal in <a href="/deuteronomy/27-4.htm" title="Therefore it shall be when you be gone over Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.">Deuteronomy 27:4</a>, in the Samaritan Pentateuch, not less than their addition of a commandment to build an altar on Gerizim to the ten great laws of Exodus 20, shows a tendency to deal freely with the text and the facts of the Pentateuch, so as to support their own traditions as to their sacred places. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - And they were for and were, A.V.; unto Shechem for into Sychem, A.V., i.e. the Hebrew for the Greek form of the name (<a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2</a>); tomb for sepulcher, A.V.; a price in silver for a sum of money, A.V.; Hamor for Erect, A.V. (Hebrew for Greek form); in Shechem for the father of Sychem, A.V. and T.R. As regards the statement in the text, two distinct transactions seem at first sight to be mixed up. One, that Abraham bought the field of Machpelah of Ephron the Hittite for a burial-place, where he and Sarah, and Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Leah, were buried (<a href="/genesis/24-16.htm">Genesis 24:16, 17, 19</a>; <a href="/genesis/25-9.htm">Genesis 25:9, 10</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-27.htm">Genesis 35:27-29</a>; <a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">Genesis 49:29-31</a>); the other, that Jacob "bought a parcel of a field..., at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money," where the bones of Joseph were buried by Joshua (<a href="/genesis/33-19.htm">Genesis 33:19</a>; <a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">Genesis 50:25</a>; <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a>), and where, according to a tradition still surviving in the days of St. Jerome, the other patriarchs were also buried ('Epistol.'86," She came to Sichem, now called Neapolis (or Nablous), and from thence visited the tombs of the twelve patriarchs"). See also Jerome, 'De Optimo Genere Interpretandi. All Jewish writers, however, are wholly silent" about this tradition, perhaps from jealousy of the Samaritans (Lightfoot, vol. 8. p. 423). And Josephus affirms that all but Joseph were buried at Hebron ('Ant. Jud.,'2. 8:2); and that their beautiful marble monuments were to be seen at Hebron in his day. In the cave of Machpelah, however, there is no tomb of any of the twelve patriarchs except Joseph; and his so-called tomb is of a different character and situation from the genuine ones (Stanley's 'Lectures on Jewish Church,' 1st series, pp. 498-500. See also 'Sermons in the East': 'The Mosque of Hebron'). But on looking closer at the text it appears pretty certain that only Shechem was in Stephen's mind. For first he speaks of Shechem at once, And were carried over unto Shechem. And adds and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem. Except the one word "Abraham," the whole sentence points to Shechem. What he says of Shechem is exactly in accordance with <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Genesis 33:18, 19</a>. And what he says of their fathers being carried over and buried at Shechem is exactly true of Joseph's bones, as related in <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a>. So that the one difficulty is the word "Abraham." It seems much more probable that this word should have been interpolated by some early transcriber, who saw no nominative case to ὠνήσατο, and who had in his mind a confused recollection of Abraham's purchase, than that Stephen, who shows such thorough knowledge of the Bible history, should have made a gross mistake in such a well-known and famous circumstance as the purchase of the field of Machpelah, or that Luke should have perpetuated it had he made it in the hurry of speech. It cannot be affirmed with certainty that Stephen confirms the story of the other patriarchs being buried at Shechem, though possibly he alludes to the tradition. The plural, "they were carried," etc., might be put generally, though only Joseph was meant (as <a href="/matthew/27-44.htm">Matthew 27:44</a>; <a href="/matthew/26-8.htm">Matthew 26:8</a> compared with <a href="/luke/23-39.htm">Luke 23:39</a>; <a href="/john/12-4.htm">John 12:4</a>), or "the bones of Joseph" might possibly be the subject, though not expressed. Lightfoot - followed by Bishop Wordsworth, who thinks that Abraham really did buy a field of Ephron in Sychem, when he was there (<a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a>)-would thus be right in supposing that the point of Stephen's remark was that the patriarchs were buried in Shechem. <a href="/commentaries/acts/7-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[Their bones] καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. were carried back μετετέθησαν (metetethēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3346.htm">Strong's 3346: </a> From meta and tithemi; to transfer, i.e. transport, exchange, change sides, or pervert. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. Shechem Συχὲμ (Sychem) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4966.htm">Strong's 4966: </a> Shechem. Of Hebrew origin; Sychem, the name of a Canaanite and of a place in Palestine. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. placed ἐτέθησαν (etethēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5087.htm">Strong's 5087: </a> To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. tomb μνήματι (mnēmati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3418.htm">Strong's 3418: </a> A tomb, monument, memorial. From mnaomai; a memorial, i.e. Sepulchral monument. that ᾧ (hō) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. Abraham Ἀβραὰμ (Abraam) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_11.htm">Strong's 11: </a> Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch. had bought ὠνήσατο (ōnēsato) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5608.htm">Strong's 5608: </a> To buy, purchase. Middle voice from an apparently primary onos; to purchase. from παρὰ (para) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sons υἱῶν (huiōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. of Hamor Ἑμμὼρ (Hemmōr) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> Hamor, a man whose sons sold a field at Shechem to Jacob. Of Hebrew origin; Emmor, a Canaanite. at ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Shechem Συχέμ (Sychem) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4966.htm">Strong's 4966: </a> Shechem. Of Hebrew origin; Sychem, the name of a Canaanite and of a place in Palestine. for a price he paid τιμῆς (timēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5092.htm">Strong's 5092: </a> A price, honor. From tino; a value, i.e. Money paid, or valuables; by analogy, esteem, or the dignity itself. in silver. ἀργυρίου (argyriou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_694.htm">Strong's 694: </a> Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/7-16.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 7:16 And they were brought back to Shechem (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/7-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 7:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 7:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/7-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 7:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 7:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>