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Genesis 50:13

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for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.

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  • Where was Jacob buried?

    Genesis 50:13 has Jacob's sons carrying him into Canaan and burying him in the cave of Machpelah near Hebron, the family tomb purchased by Abraham. Stephen in Acts 7:15-16 says Jacob was "carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought" — which is fifty miles north of Machpelah, and which Abraham never bought.

    Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.

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