Exodus 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:18 : 18 Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.
  • Eccl 2:18-19 : 18 Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits. 19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
  • Eccl 9:15 : 15 Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

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  • Acts 7:17-19
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    17But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

    18Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

    19He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

  • Exod 1:9-13
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    9And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

    10Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

    11So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

    12But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

    13And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

  • 7And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

  • 10And in time death overtook all that generation; and another generation came after them, having no knowledge of the Lord or of the things which he had done for Israel.

  • 5And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

  • 2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

  • 8Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

  • 8So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • 30And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

  • 23Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

  • Exod 1:17-18
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    70%

    17But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

    18And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

  • 44Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:10-11
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    10And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

    11Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

  • 15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • 30Then Pharaoh got up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and a great cry went up from Egypt; for there was not a house where someone was not dead.

  • 13And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

  • 1Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;

  • 10Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

  • 19Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants and his princes and all his people;

  • 8Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.

  • 5He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

  • 24And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.

  • 1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

  • 46Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

  • 14Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;

  • 8And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.

  • 6And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:

  • 7And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his country, from the stream of Egypt to the river Euphrates.