Acts 7:11

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

In Context

10And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

12But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:5And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 45:5Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

Genesis 47:13Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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