Acts 7:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Everywhere in Egypt and Canaan the grain crops failed. There was terrible suffering, and our ancestors could not find enough to eat.

Cross References

Genesis 42:5

So Jacob's sons joined others from Canaan who were going to Egypt because of the terrible famine.

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

Genesis 45:11

I will take care of you there during the next five years of famine. But if you don't come, you and your family and your animals will starve to death.”

Genesis 47:4

But in our country all the pastures are dried up, and our sheep have no grass to eat. So we, your servants, have come here. Please let us live in the region of Goshen.”

Psalm 105:16

God kept crops from growing until food was scarce everywhere in the land.