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" Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. ' And he said to his people, 'Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. "
The times: a chronology of the Bible
1991
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Genesis

Bibles - 2006 - 342 pages
...asides later in the Joseph epic (eg 43:32; 46:34) which prepare us for the distant day when (Exod. 1 :8) "there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph". In Daniel, however, the change comes with startling rapidity and from being tolerated the Jews were...
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What Does the Lord Require?: The Old Testament Call to Social Witness

Bruce C. Birch - Religion - 1985 - 124 pages
...priests does not become centralized under Pharaoh's control. All this prepares the way for the day when "there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph" (Ex. 1:8), and Israel's ancestors, the descendants of Joseph and his family, also become slaves. God...
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A Guide Through the Old Testament

Celia Brewer Marshall, Celia B. Sinclair - Religion - 1989 - 168 pages
...Favor," conditions were right for Joseph's rise to a position of leadership in the royal court. "Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph" (Exod. 1:8). This "Period of Oppression" actually began when the native Egyptians overthrew their foreign,...
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God the Economist: The Doctrine of God and Political Economy

M. Douglas Meeks - Religion - 276 pages
...church have pondered the question, Is there a management of the household that does not lead to slavery? "There arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph' (Exod. 1:8). Now the Israelites were integrated into the economy of slavery. The taskmasters 'made...
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The Bible and the Holy Fathers for Orthodox: Daily Scripture Readings and ...

Johanna Manley - Religion - 1990 - 1144 pages
...increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them. 8 Now aw. hV - 9 And he said to his people, "Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than...
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Democracy and Meritocracy: Philosophical Essays and Talks from an African ...

Godfrey B. Tangwa - Philosophy - 1996 - 158 pages
...English. And, if he is, he must soon follow Garga's footsteps. A reading from the Book of Exodus: "Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph and he said to his people: Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. Come let...
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Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition

James K. Hoffmeier - History - 1999 - 284 pages
...Fortunes After an undisclosed period of tranquillity and tribal fertility, a radical change occurred when "there arose a new king over Egypt who did not know Joseph" (Exod. 1:8). Unfortunately, this pharaoh, like those who followed in Exodus, is anonymous. This silence...
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Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, Tremper Longman III - Religion - 2010 - 1086 pages
...the best of the land" (Gen 47:11 RSV), it almost seems that Jacob has attained a homeland. But when "there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph" (Ex 1:8 RSV), the curse of being a stranger in a strange land reasserts itself, and 'Egypt becomes...
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Hebrews between Cultures: Group Portraits and National Literature

Meir Sternberg - Religion - 1999 - 924 pages
...harsher the treatment, the less acknowledged the victim's group identity and the worse his repute. (8) There arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. (9) And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the Sons of Israel is* too numerous and too mighty...
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The Pentateuch

Bibles - 1999 - 844 pages
...the enslavement of the Israelites probably began. The statement in Exodus 1 :8 (to the effect that "There arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph") may be a reference to the early years of the New Empire. The book of Exodus, which makes no reference...
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