Exodus 1:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.”
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BSBPD
“Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Exodus 1:8 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
- Exodus 3:16Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
- Judges 2:10After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Acts 7:18Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
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