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Exd 1:8 — Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a new king		Probably Rameses Miamum, or his son Amenophis, who succeeded him about this period; and by his not knowing Joseph is meant his not acknowledging his obligation to him. Ecc 2:18,19; Ecc 9:15; Act 7:18

Correlating Passages

a new king

	Ecc 2:18	Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
	Ecc 2:19	And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
	Ecc 9:15	Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
	Act 7:18	Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 1:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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