Acts 7:11
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- KJV
- Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
- WEB
- Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- ASV
- Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
- DARBY
- But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
- BLB
- And there was a famine upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers were not finding sustenance.
- ÅB
- Så kom det hungersnød over hele Egypt og Kana'an, og stor trengsel, og våre fedre fant ikke føde.
- OTB
- «Så kom det en hungersnød over hele Egypt og Kanaan, som forårsaket stor nød, og våre forfedre kunne ikke finne mat.
- B1930
- Så kom det hungersnød over hele Egyptens land og Kana'an, og stor trengsel, og våre fedre fant ikke føde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 41:54–57
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Read in contextGenesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Read in contextGenesis 47:13–15
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Read in contextPsalms 105:16
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Read in contextGenesis 45:11
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Read in contextGenesis 45:5–6
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Read in contextGenesis 43:1
And the famine was sore in the land.
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