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Selected Verse: Acts 7:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 7:11 |
Strong Concordance |
Now [1161] there came [2064] a dearth [3042] over [1909] all [3650] the land [1093] of Egypt [125] and [2532] Chanaan [5477], and [2532] great [3173] affliction [2347]: and [2532] our [2257] fathers [3962] found [2147] no [3756] sustenance [5527]. |
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King James |
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Now there came a dearth - A famine, Gen 41:54.
And Chanaan - Jacob was living at that time in Canaan.
Found no sustenance - No food; no means of living. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Sustenance (χορτάσματα)
For their cattle: fodder. See on shall be filled, Mat 5:6. |
54 And the seven [07651] years [08141] of dearth [07458] began [02490] to come [0935], according as Joseph [03130] had said [0559]: and the dearth [07458] was in all lands [0776]; but in all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] there was bread [03899].
6 Blessed [3107] are they which [3588] do hunger [3983] and [2532] thirst [1372] after righteousness [1343]: for [3754] they [846] shall be filled [5526].