OET interlinear ACTs 7:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἦλθεν & λιμὸς ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Χανάαν, καὶ θλῖψις μεγάλη

came & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦλθεν Δέ λιμός ἐφʼ ὅλην τήν Αἴγυπτον καί Χανάαν καί θλῖψις μεγάλη καί οὐχ εὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν)

Here, Stephen speaks of famine and tribulation as if they came to Egypt and Canaan on their own. If this might be confusing for your readers, you could express this meaning in a non-figurative way. Alternate translation: [there was a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great tribulation]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

καὶ θλῖψις μεγάλη

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἦλθεν Δέ λιμός ἐφʼ ὅλην τήν Αἴγυπτον καί Χανάαν καί θλῖψις μεγάλη καί οὐχ εὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of tribulation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and people suffered greatly]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν

the fathers ˱of˲_us

Stephen is using the term fathers to mean “ancestors.” He means specifically Jacob and his sons (Joseph’s older brothers), as UST indicates. Alternate translation: [our ancestors]