Verse 16
Acts 7:16
Bible in Basic English
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And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ μετετέθησαν εἰς Συχὲμ καὶ ἐτέθησαν ἐν τῷ μνήματι ⸀ᾧ ὠνήσατο Ἀβραὰμ τιμῆς ἀργυρίου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἑμμὼρ ⸀ἐν Συχέμ.
English Translation
And they were transferred to Shechem and were placed in the tomb which Abraham purchased for a sum of silver from the sons of Hammor in Shechem.
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Chapter 7 Context
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Then the high priest said, Are these things true?
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And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God (Elohim) of glory came to our father Abr...
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And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I w...
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Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father...
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And God (Elohim) gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an...
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And God (Elohim) said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them...
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And I will be the judge, said God (Elohim), of that nation which made them servants: and after that,...
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And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isa...
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And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God (Eloh...
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And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Eg...
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Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our father...
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But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.
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And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's fa...
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Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.
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And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;
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And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in s...
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But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God (Elohim) had given to A...
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Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.
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He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put ou...
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At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in hi...
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And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.
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And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.
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But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the child...
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And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:
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And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God (Elohim) had sent him to be their saviour; bu...
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And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace betwee...
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But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a...
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Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
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And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and...
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At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burnin...
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And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice...
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I am the God (Elohim) of your fathers, the God (Elohim) of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Mo...
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And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
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Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I ha...
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This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God (Elohim) sen...
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This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste l...
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This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God (Elohim) will give you a prophet fro...
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This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sin...
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By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hea...
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And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of...
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And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the...
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But God (Elohim) was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says i...
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And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give wor...
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Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God (Elohim) gave orders to Moses to make...
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Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of t...
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Who was pleasing to God (Elohim); and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God (Elohim) of Ja...
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But Solomon was the builder of his house.
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But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,
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Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will yo...
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Did not my hand make all these things?
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You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spiri...
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Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave...
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You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
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Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.
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But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God (Elohim) and Y...
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And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God (Elohim).
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But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
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Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a y...
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And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God (Elohim), saying, Lord Yashua (Jesus), ta...
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And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this si...
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