Acts 7:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 and Jacob went down to Egypt. And he and our ancestors died(A) 16 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.(B)
17 “When the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God pledged to Abraham, the people had increased and become very numerous in Egypt,(C)
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