Acts 7:11

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And there came a scarcity on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Then came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἦλθεν δὲ λιμὸς ἐφʼ ὅλην τὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Χανάαν καὶ θλῖψις μεγάλη, καὶ οὐχ ηὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν·

RP2018

Ἦλθεν δὲ λιμὸς ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου καὶ Χαναάν, καὶ θλίψις μεγάλη· καὶ οὐχ εὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.

TR-Boyd

Ἦλθε δὲ λιμὸς ἐφ᾿ ὅλην τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου καὶ Χαναάν, καὶ θλίψις μεγάλη· καὶ οὐχ εὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.

SCR1894

ηλθεν δε λιμος εφ ολην την γην αιγυπτου και χανααν και θλιψις μεγαλη και ουχ ευρισκον χορτασματα οι πατερες ημων

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• Genesis 41:54–57the 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. When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people…
• Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
• 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 47:13–15There 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. Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the…
• Genesis 45:5–6And 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. For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be…
• 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 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.

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