Acts 7:11

"Then there came a famine over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, so that our ancestors could not find food.

Montgomery New Testament

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

10"But God was with him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him grace and wisdom, when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor over Egypt, and over all the royal household.

12"But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt, and sent our ancestors there on their first visit.

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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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