Acts 7:11

Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food.

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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 he rescued him from all his tribulations. And he gave him grace and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him as governor over Egypt and over all his house.

12But when Jacob had heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:5And they entered into the land of Egypt with the others who traveled to buy. For the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 45:5Do not be afraid, and let it not seem to you to be a hardship that you sold me into these regions. For God sent me before you into Egypt for your salvation.

Genesis 47:13For in the whole world there was a lack of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, most of all Egypt and Canaan,

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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