Acts 7:11 - The Scriptures 2009

“Then a scarcity of food and great distress came over all the land of Mitsrayim and Kena’an, and our fathers found no food.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then there came a famine over all of Egypt and Canaan, with great distress, and our forefathers could find no fodder [for the cattle] or vegetable sustenance [for their households]. [Gen. 41:54, 55; 42:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

A famine came upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great hardship came with it. Our ancestors had nothing to eat.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Acts 7:11 Cross References

Genesis 42:5

And the sons of Yisra’ĕl went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the scarcity of food was in the land of Kena‛an.

Genesis 43:1

But the scarcity of food was severe in the land.

Genesis 45:11

“And I shall provide for you there, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty, because five years of scarcity of food are still to come.” ’

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to dwell in the land, because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the scarcity of food is severe in the land of Kena‛an. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

Psalm 105:16

And He called for a scarcity of food in the land; He cut off all the supply of bread.