Verse 11
Acts 7:11
Literal Standard Version
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And there came a scarcity on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,
Original Language Text
greek
ἦλθεν δὲ λιμὸς ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν ⸀Αἴγυπτον καὶ Χανάαν καὶ θλῖψις μεγάλη, καὶ οὐχ ηὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν·
English Translation
And a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great distress, and our ancestors found no food.
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Chapter 7 Context
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And the chief priest said, “Are then these things so?”
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And he said, “Men, brothers, and fathers, listen! The God (Elohim) of glory appeared to our father A...
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and He said to him, Go forth out of your land, and out of your relatives, and come to a land that I...
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Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from there, after th...
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and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and promised to give it to him for a poss...
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And God (Elohim) spoke thus, that his seed will be sojourning in a strange land, and they will cause...
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And the nation whom they will serve I will judge, said God (Elohim); And after these things they wil...
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And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him on the eig...
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and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God (Elohim) was with...
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and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of...
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And there came a scarcity on all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our father...
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and Jacob having heard that there was grain in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;
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and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became disclosed t...
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and Joseph having sent, called for his father Jacob, and all his relatives—with seventy-five souls—
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and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,
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and they were carried over into Shechem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price i...
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And according as the time of the promise was drawing near, which God (Elohim) swore to Abraham, the...
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until another king rose, who had not known Joseph;
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this one, having dealt subtly with our family, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babi...
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in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God (Elohim), and he was brought up for three month...
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and he having been set outside, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and reared him to herself for a...
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and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.
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And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came on his heart to look after his brothers, the son...
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and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he defended, and did justice to the oppressed, ha...
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and he was supposing his brothers to understand that God (Elohim) gives salvation through his hand;...
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On the succeeding day, also, he showed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace...
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And he who is doing injustice to the neighbor, thrusted him away, saying, Who set you a ruler and a...
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Do you wish to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?
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And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons,
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and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai the Me...
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and Moses having seen, wondered at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of t...
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I am the God (Elohim) of your fathers; the God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the God (Elohim) of Isaac, a...
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and the LORD said to him, Loose the sandal of your feet, for the place in which you have stood is ho...
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seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and cam...
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This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who set you a ruler and a judge? This one God (Elohim) sent a...
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this one brought them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea,...
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this is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel: The LORD your God (Elohim) will raise up to you a...
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This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the Messenger who is speaking to him in M...
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to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but thrusted away, and turned back in their hea...
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saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who will go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out...
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And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the w...
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and God (Elohim) turned, and gave them up to do service to the host of Heaven, according as it has b...
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And you took up the dwelling place of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan—the figures that you...
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The Dwelling Place of the Testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He directe...
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which also our fathers having in succession received, brought in with Joshua, into the possession of...
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who found favor before God (Elohim), and requested to find a dwelling place for the God (Elohim) of...
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and Solomon built Him a house.
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But the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, according as the prophet says:
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Heaven is My throne, || And the earth My footstool, || What house will you build to Me? Says the LOR...
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Has My hand not made all these things?
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You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your...
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which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who declared before abou...
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who received the Law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep it.”
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And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and gnashed the teeth at him;
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and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked steadfastly to the sky, he saw the glory of God (El...
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and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right...
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And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and rushed with one accord on him,
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and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him—and the witnesses put down thei...
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and they were stoning Stephen, as he was calling and saying, “Lord Yashua (Jesus), receive my spirit...
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and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, “LORD, may You not lay to them this sin”; an...
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