Acts 7:18

until there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

In Context

17And when the time arrived for that which God had promised to Abraham with an oath, the people had multiplied and become strong, in Egypt:

19And he dealt craftily with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, and gave orders that their infants should be cast away, and should not live.

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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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