“And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.”
'Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons - the Israelite's rhetorical question forces Moses into exile. He 'fled to Midian' (Madiam), becoming a foreigner (paroikos), paralleling Abraham's own alienation from the promised land. The 'two sons' (Genesis 18:3-4) represent a new generation conceived in exile. Rejection by the covenant people leads to exile and a new beginning.
Church Fathers on Acts 7:16
And Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, and were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, till…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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