Cross references
Acts 7:16
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 Literally And they were carried back
Acts 7:16 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joshua 24:32 (8 votes) and Genesis 23:16 (5 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 12 to Hebrews 11.
Which verses does Acts 7:16 point to?
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- Joshua 24:328 votes
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.
- Genesis 23:165 votes
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.
- Exodus 13:194 votes
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.”
- Genesis 33:9–203 votes
“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.” But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably. …
- Genesis 34:2–313 votes
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly. …
- Genesis 49:29–323 votes
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. …
- Genesis 50:133 votes
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.
- Genesis 35:191 vote
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Which verses point to Acts 7:16?
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