#162: New King or Old King?
Midrash on Parashat Shemot, Shemot/Exodus 1:8
Gimme Some Torah #162
וַיָּ֥קׇם מֶֽלֶךְ־חָדָ֖שׁ עַל־מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע אֶת־יוֹסֵֽף׃
A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.
The clan of seventy has become a teeming nation. The Torah tells us ominously that “a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.” The Talmud (B. So…
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