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NASB					Acts 7:11 ¶ "Now¹¹⁶¹ ^Aa famine³⁰⁴² came²⁰⁶⁴ over¹⁹⁰⁹ all³⁶⁵⁰ Egypt¹²⁵ and Canaan⁵⁴⁷⁷, and great³¹⁷³ affliction²³⁴⁷ with it, and our fathers³⁹⁶² ¹could find²¹⁴⁷ no³⁷⁵⁶ food⁵⁵²⁷.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 7:11 ¶ "Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress and our fathers could not find food [for their households and livestock]. [Gen 41:54, 55; 42:5]

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Gen 41:54 and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

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125

Aiguptos; of unc. or.; Egypt, the land of the Nile:--Egypt(25).

1161

de; a prim. word; but, and, now, (a connective or adversative particle):--after(2), also(2), another*(8), even(4), even though(1), former*(1), however(6), moreover(1), moreover*(1), nevertheless(1), now(267), or(6), other(1), other hand(4), others*(3), partly(1), rather(1), so(12), suppose*(1), then(6), therefore(1), though(1), what(1), when(3), whereas(2), yes(1), yet(25).

1909

epi; a prim. prep.; on, upon:--about(4), above(2), after(2), against(41), among(2), any(2), around(2), basis(4), because(2), because*(2), bedridden*(1), before(24), besides(1), beyond(1), certainly*(2), chamberlain*(1), charge(1), concerning(4), connection(1), embraced*(2), extent*(2), further*(3), inasmuch*(1), onto(1), over(57), passenger*(1), point(1), referring(1), time(3), together*(7), toward(5), truly*(2), under(1), under*(1), view(1), within(1).

2064

erchomai; a prim. vb.; to come, go:--arrival(1), arrived(1), brought(1), came(225), come(222), comes(64), coming(87), entered(2), expected(3), fall(2), falls(1), give(1), go(1), going(2), grown(1), lighting(1), next(1), turned(1), went(18).

2147

heuriskô; a prim. vb.; to find:--find(48), finding(9), finds(10), found(104), get(1), obtained(1), proved(1), regarded(1).

2347

thlipsis; from 2346; tribulation:--affliction(14), afflictions(6), anguish(1), distress(2), persecution(1), tribulation(16), tribulations(4), trouble(1).

3042

limos; a prim. word; hunger, famine:--famine(7), famines(3), hunger(2).

3173

megas; a prim. word; great:--abundant(1), all the more(1), arrogant(1), big(2), completely*(1), fierce(2), great(115), great men(2), great things(2), greater(30), greater things(1), greatest(10), greatly*(1), grown*(1), high(2), huge(1), large(8), larger(2), larger ones(1), long time(1), loud(42), mighty(1), more important(2), older(1), one greater(1), perfectly(2), severe(2), stricter(1), strong(1), surprising(1), terribly(1), too much(1), very much(1), wide(1).

3650

holos; a prim. word; whole, complete:--all(49), all all(1), completely(1), entire(5), entirely(1), full(1), one piece(1), throughout(1), whole(49), wholly(1).

3756

ou,
ouk,
ouch; a prim. word; not, no:--all*(1), any the less(2), before*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(49), certainly*(1), ever*(3), except(1), failed(1), few*(1), great*(1), greatly*(1), impossible*(1), incessantly*(1), kept...a virgin*(1), kept right*(1), long*(1), neither(2), neither*(3), never(6), never*(17), no(147), no*(22), none(4), none*(3), nor(3), nothing(8), nothing*(13), nowhere*(2), number(1), number*(2), only*(5), rather(2), rather than(1), refrain(1), refused*(1), than*(2), unable*(6), unaware*(3), unwilling*(12), unworthy*(1), virgin*(1), without(2), without*(6).

3962

patêr; a prim. word; a father:--father(348), father's(13), fathers(53), parents(1).

5477

Chanaan; of Heb. or. [3667a]; Canaan, earlier name of Pal.:--Canaan(2).

5527

chortasma; from 5526; fodder:--food(1).

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