Bible verse
Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
Exodus 1:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 1.
4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
KJV
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
ASV
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
ERV
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
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