There are two errors in this v: (1) Jacob was not buried at Sychem (Shechem), but at Hebron, in the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 50:13). (2) It was not Abraham, but Jacob, who bought a sepulchre at Shechem, from the sons of Emmor (Hamor), Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32. Either St. Stephen is following a divergent tradition, or, as is more probable, the errors are due to a lapse of memory natural enough under the disturbing circumstances of the speech. The father of Sychem] The true rendering is the 'son' of Sychem, which would be another discrepancy with Genesis 33:19. But the RV adopts another reading, 'in Sychem (Shechem).'

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