Shechem

What is Stephen referring to in Acts 7:16?
The fact that the bones of Joseph were carried out from Egypt and eventually buried in the Samaritan city of Shechem after the Jews conquered the promised land: "The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph" (Joshua 24:32). Note that Shechem is both the name of a city and of a man.

Where in Samaria was the city of Shechem located?
Now called Nablus, Shechem was/is located half way between Jerusalem and Nazareth, 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Jerusalem and 53 kilometers (33 miles) south of Nazareth.

Who bought the place where the bones were buried - Abraham or Jacob?
Acts 7:16 says, "And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem," while Joshua 24:32 says, "they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver."

So which account is correct?
Both are correct. Notice that Acts 7:16 states, "tomb" while Joshua 24:32 states "plot of ground." Hamor and his sons were contemporaries of both Jacob and Abraham, who lived to be 175 years old and died when his grandson Jacob was 15 years old. Apparently, when Jacob returned to Canaan after years of servitude to his uncle Laban (see Genesis 29:1-33:20), he bought the "plot of ground" around the "tomb" that belonged to his grandfather. A common error is to confuse Abraham's ownership of this tomb in Shechem with the tomb that he bought in Hebron when his wife Sarah died and he had no place to bury her (see Genesis 23:1-20) and where he, as well as his son Isaac, were later buried (Genesis 49:29-32). These are two different tombs, since Hebron is south of Jerusalem, while Shechem is well north of it.