Acts 7:11 - The Message11-15a “Later a famine descended on that entire region, stretching from Egypt to Canaan, bringing terrific hardship. Our hungry fathers looked high and low for food, but the cupboard was bare. Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent our fathers to scout it out. Having confirmed the report, they went back to Egypt a second time to get food. On that visit, Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers and introduced the Jacob family to Pharaoh. Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all. That’s how the Jacob family got to Egypt. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176911 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition11 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.] See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)11 Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. See the chapterCommon English Bible11 A famine came upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great hardship came with it. Our ancestors had nothing to eat. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version11 Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food. See the chapter |