Cross references

Acts 7:11

Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

Acts 7:11 BSB

Acts 7:11 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 41:54–57 (4 votes) and Genesis 42:5 (3 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 12 to 1 Timothy 3.

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Which verses does Acts 7:11 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt. When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.” …

  2. So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.

  3. Now the famine was still severe in the land.

  4. And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

  5. And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

  6. There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine. Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace. …

  7. He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

Which verses point to Acts 7:11?

The 10 strongest of 19.