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Acts 7:11

WEB

11Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

KJV

11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

BSB

11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

FBV

11Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers had no food.


Extra References

Genesis 41:54-57

54The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.” 56The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 57All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.


Genesis 47:13-15

13There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. 15When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”


Genesis 45:11

11There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.”’


Genesis 42:5

5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.


Genesis 43:1

1The [+] famine was severe in the land.


Psalms 105:16

16He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.


Genesis 45:5-6

5Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest.