Exodus 1:8

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

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Interpretation

The land of Egypt became to Israel a house of bondage. The place where we have been happy, 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.

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This thought runs through Exodus 1:8-12.

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Glossary

Egypt Place: The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.