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Exodus 1:8

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Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
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  1. Acts 7:18Rank 1 from verse 8
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    18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:18–19Rank 2 from verse 8
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    18¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

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    15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

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Exodus 1:8

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arose

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1. Rose, stood up, got up, or moved upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. Began, emerged, appeared, came into being, or came forward. 3. Took action, intervened, or undertook the stated work. 4. Rose from death; returned to life.

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new

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Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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knew

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Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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7¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

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9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

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