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Acts 7:18
till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Acts 7:18 · American Standard Version
Acts 7:18 in other translations
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
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In context
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
19 The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
20 At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father’s house:
21 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
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