Acts 7:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Then a famine and great affliction struck all Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food;

Cross References

Psalm 105:16

Then he called down a famine on the land, destroyed the grain that sustained them.

Genesis 45:11

I will provide for you there in the five years of famine that lie ahead, so that you and your household and all that are yours will not suffer want.’

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine in the land grew severe.

Genesis 42:5

And so the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since there was famine in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 47:4

We have come,” they continued, “in order to sojourn in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, because the famine has been severe in the land of Canaan. So now please let your servants settle in the region of Goshen.”