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OET (OET-LV) And a_famine came on all the Aiguptos and Ⱪanaʼan/(Kinaˊan), and great tribulation, and the fathers of_us were_ not _finding food.
OET (OET-RV) Then a famine hit all Egypt and Canaan causing great distress and our ancestors were unable to find enough food.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ἦλθεν & λιμὸς ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Χανάαν, καὶ θλῖψις μεγάλη
came & ˓a˒_famine on all the Egypt and Canaan and tribulation great
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
and and tribulation great
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]
7:1-53 Stephen responded to the accusations by testifying about his Lord (cp. Luke 21:12-17). Instead of defending himself against their prosecution, he became a witness in God’s prosecution of them, exposing their stubbornness and unfaithfulness to God. Stephen’s recital of Israel’s past reminded them of their repeated rejections of those whom God had sent.
• Stephen’s review of Israel’s history has three principal parts, dealing with the work of the patriarchs (Acts 7:2-16), the ministry of Moses (7:17-43), and the role of the Tabernacle and the Temple (7:44-50). Stephen followed up his historical survey with a clear attack on the hard-heartedness of his own people. With a prophetic challenge, he urged them to stop rebelling against the Holy Spirit and turn to God with repentance and faith.
OET (OET-LV) And a_famine came on all the Aiguptos and Ⱪanaʼan/(Kinaˊan), and great tribulation, and the fathers of_us were_ not _finding food.
OET (OET-RV) Then a famine hit all Egypt and Canaan causing great distress and our ancestors were unable to find enough food.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.