Acts 7:11

New Century Version

“Then all the land of Egypt and Canaan became so dry that nothing would grow, and the people suffered very much. Jacob’s sons, our ancestors, could not find anything to eat.

Cross References

Genesis 42:5

Along with many other people, the sons of Israel went to Egypt to buy grain, because the people in the land of Canaan were also hungry.

Genesis 43:1

Still no food grew in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 45:11

I will care for you during the next five years of hunger so that you and your family and all that you have will not starve.’

Genesis 47:4

They said to the king, “We have come to live in this land, because there is no grass in the land of Canaan for our animals to eat, and the hunger is terrible there. So please allow us to live in the land of Goshen.”

Psalm 105:16

God ordered a time of hunger in the land, and he destroyed all the food.