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


In Context

8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

9 |The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

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

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

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

13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed to 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 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 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.