were: Of the two burying-places of the patriarchs, one was at Hebron, the cave and field which Abraham purchased of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:16, etc.); the other in Sychem, which Jacob (not Abraham) bought of the sons of Emmor (Genesis 33:19). To remove this glaring discrepancy, Markland interprets παρα: strong: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. Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32
the sepulchre: Genesis 33:9-20, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 49:29-32
Emmor: Genesis 34:2-31, Hamor, Shechem