Acts 7:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

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  • Ps 105:16 : 16 He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
  • Gen 41:54-57 : 54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food. 55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.” 56 While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt. 57 People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.
  • Gen 42:5 : 5 So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 43:1 : 1 The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
  • Gen 45:5-6 : 5 Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life! 6 For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
  • Gen 45:11 : 11 I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’
  • Gen 47:13-15 : 13 But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine. 14 Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace. 15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

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

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.

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

  • 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 little children.

    13But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

  • Gen 41:53-57
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    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 predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

    55When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

    56While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.

    57People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

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    10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

  • Gen 41:29-31
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    29Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

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

    31The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 41:36
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    36This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”

  • Gen 12:10
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    10The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

  • Gen 47:15
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    15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

  • Gen 42:2-3
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    2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

    3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Acts 7:17-19
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    17“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

    18until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.

    19This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

  • Gen 47:4
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    4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

  • Deut 26:6-7
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    6But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

    7So we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

  • Gen 45:11
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    11I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

  • Num 11:6
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    6But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!”

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    15So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

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    18They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, gave him a house and some land and supplied him with food.

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    8When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD. The LORD sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • Gen 47:19
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    19Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”