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18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

Acts 7:18

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

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-29)

Stephen here goes on to relate, I. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel in Egypt; it was by a wonder of providence that in a little time they advanced from a family into a nation. 1. It was when the time of the promise drew nigh —the time when they were to be formed into a people. During the first two hundred and fifteen years after the promise made to Abraham, the children of the covena…

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