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15 And Jacob (Israel) went down into Egypt, and [a]there he died, as did our fathers;(A) 16 and [from Egypt] [b]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.(B)

17 “But as the time [for the fulfillment] of the promise which God had made to Abraham was approaching, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:15 Jacob was buried in Abraham’s tomb at Machpelah in Canaan.
  2. Acts 7:16 Lit they, i.e. the bodies of Joseph and his brothers.

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