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were: Of the two burying-places of the patriarchs, one was at Hebron, the cave and field which Abraham purchased of Ephron the Hittite ( Gen 23:16, etc.); the other in Sychem, which Jacob (not Abraham) bought of the sons of Emmor ( Gen 33:19). To remove this glaring discrepancy, Markland interprets παρα \[Strong's G3844\], from, as it frequently signifies with a genitive, and renders, "And were carried over to Sychem; and afterwards from among the descendants of Emmor, the father, or son, of Sychem, they were laid in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money." This agrees with the account which Josephus gives of the patriarchs; that they were carried out of Egypt, first to Sychem, and then to Hebron, where they were buried. Exo 13:19; Jos 24:32 the sepulchre: Gen 33:9-20, Gen 35:19, Gen 49:29-32 Emmor: Gen. 34:2-31, Hamor, Shechem Acts 7:17

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