Verse 16 From Genesis 23:16, it would seem that Abraham purchased his burial-field of Ephron. In Genesis 33:18,19, there is an account of Jacob's buying a burying-places in Sychem, of the sons of Emmor, there called Hamor. This is another of the instances in which Stephen's account appears not to correspond respond with the Mosaic history, and of which no satisfactory explanation has yet been given. The necessity of finding such explanation depends upon the question whether we consider this address of Stephen as divinely inspired. The sacred writers often record the discourse of uninspired men.