Acts 7:18

until there arose another king who did not know Joseph.

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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

In Context

17“As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had sworn to Abraham, our people increased and multiplied in Egypt

19This king dealt shrewdly with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their newborn babies so that they would not survive.

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Matthew Henry on Acts 7:18-30

Stephen's Address. 17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. 20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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