Acts 7:18

Acts 7:18

16 And ^athey were carried back to Shechem and laid in ^bthe tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.

God Delivers Israel by Moses

17 “But when ^athe time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, ^bthe people grew and multiplied in Egypt

18 till another king ^aarose who did not know Joseph.

19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, ^amaking them expose their babies, so that they might not live.

20 ^aAt this time Moses was born, and ^bwas well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Another king (basileuv eterov). A different kind of king also, probably a king of the new dynasty after the shepherd kings had been expelled from Egypt.

Who knew not Joseph (ov ouk hdei ton Iwshf). Second past perfect of oida used like an imperfect. Joseph's history and services meant nothing to the new king. "The previous dynasty had been that of the Hyksos: the new king was Ahmes who drove out the Hyksos" (Knobel).

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