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Acts 7:11

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7:11Then a famine occurred throughout30 Egypt and Canaan, causing31 great suffering, and our32 ancestors33 could not find food.

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  1. 30 Grk “came upon all Egypt.”
  2. 31 Grk “and,” but logically causal.
  3. 32 Our. Stephen spoke of “our” ancestors (Grk “fathers”) in an inclusive sense throughout the speech until his rebuke in v. 51, where the nation does what “your” ancestors did, at which point an exclusive pronoun is used. This serves to emphasize the rebuke.
  4. 33 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But a famine came upon Egypt and Canaan. There was great misery, and our ancestors ran out of food.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan and great affliction, and our fathers could not find food.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.