8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
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. …
Now 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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)The land of Egypt here, at length, becomes to Israel a house of bondage, though hitherto it had been a happy shelter and settlement for them. Note, The place of our satisfaction may soon become the place of our affliction, and that may prove the greatest cross to us of which we said, This same shall comfort us . Those may prove our sworn enemies whose parents were our faithful friends; nay, the sa…
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