Acts 7:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.”
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“Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 7:11 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 41:54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.
- Genesis 45:5And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Genesis 45:11And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
- Genesis 47:13There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
- Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
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