11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.


In Context

8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

9 And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

11 Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

Acts 7:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:11"Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our fathers could not find food.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers found no food.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:11'And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:11Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.