Acts 7:11

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Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

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  • Ps 105:16 : 16 He called famine upon the land; He broke the supply of bread.
  • Gen 41:54-57 : 54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food. 55 When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.' 56 The famine was severe over the entire land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine grew more severe throughout Egypt. 57 And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.
  • Gen 42:5 : 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 43:1 : 1 Now the famine was severe in the land.
  • Gen 45:5-6 : 5 Now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. 6 For two years now, there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years, there will be no plowing or harvesting.
  • Gen 45:11 : 11 I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.
  • Gen 47:13-15 : 13 There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine. 14 Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. 15 When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, 'Give us food! Why should we die in front of you? For our money is gone.'

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  • Acts 7:12
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    12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    1Now the famine was severe in the land.

    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • Gen 47:12-13
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    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

    13There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.

  • Gen 41:53-57
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    79%

    53The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

    54Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.

    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

    56The famine was severe over the entire land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine grew more severe throughout Egypt.

    57And people from all the surrounding lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the lands.

  • Acts 7:10
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    10God rescued him from all his troubles, and He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

  • Gen 41:29-31
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    29Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.

    30But after them, seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will ravage the land.

    31The abundance in the land will not be remembered because the famine that follows will be so severe.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 41:36
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    36This food will be held in reserve for the land to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the land will not be destroyed by the famine.

  • Gen 12:10
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    10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

  • Num 20:15
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    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Gen 47:15
    75%

    15When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, 'Give us food! Why should we die in front of you? For our money is gone.'

  • Gen 42:2-3
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    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Acts 7:17-19
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    17As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

    18Then another king arose in Egypt, one who did not know Joseph.

    19This king dealt deceitfully with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to abandon their infants, so they would not survive.

  • Gen 47:4
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    4They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

  • Deut 26:6-7
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    6But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor.

    7Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice. He saw our suffering, our toil, and our oppression.

  • Gen 45:11
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    11I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.

  • Num 11:6
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    6But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to see but this manna!

  • Acts 7:15
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    15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.

  • 1 Kgs 11:18
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    18They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Taking men from Paran with them, they entered Egypt and went to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who gave him a house, food, and land.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8When Jacob went into Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • Gen 47:19
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    19'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'