The sons of Israel went to buy grain among the others who were coming, because the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Acts 7:11 - Tree of Life Version “Famine and great suffering came over all Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could find no food. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The sons of Israel went to buy grain among the others who were coming, because the famine was in the land of Canaan.
I’ll provide food for you there—for the famine will last another five years—otherwise you’ll lose everything, you and your household, and everything that belongs to you.’
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We came to dwell temporarily in the land, since there is no pasture for the flocks that belong to your servants, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
He called down a famine on the land. He broke the whole supply of bread.