Acts 7:11
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
In context
9 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
11 Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13 On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
Acts 7:11 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.