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


In Context

8 Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

9 "Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.

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

12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.

13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph's family.

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 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 American Standard 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 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.