Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

Exodus 1:8

EXODUS—NOTE ON Exodus 1:8 The reference to a new leader in Egypt who did not know Joseph assumes that the reader is familiar with Joseph’s history in Egypt (see Genesis 37:1, especially Genesis 41:37).

⇐ ⇔ ⇒
Continues after advertising

See also Exodus 1:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 1:8. _THERE AROSE UP A NEW KING_] Who this was it is difficult to say. It was probably _Ramesses Miamun_, or his son _Amenophis_, who succeeded him in the government of Egypt about A. M....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The expressions in this verse are special and emphatic. “A new king” is a phrase not found elsewhere. It is understood by most commentators to imply that he did not succeed his predecessor in the natu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE EGYPTIANS 1. The House of Bondage CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The names of the children of Israel; their increase (Exodus 1:1)_ 2. The...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 1:8 J, EXODUS 1:13 P, EXODUS 1:14 A ( TO FIELD) J, EXODUS 1:14 B P. REPRESSION OF ISRAEL. Forced labour was the first device fo

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    III. THE KING WHO KNEW NOT JOSEPH. 8. NOW THERE AROSE. Many interesting incidents had, no doubt, occurred between the death of Joseph and the incipient bondage of Israel. But these are passed over in...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NOW THERE AROSE UP A NEW KING, &C. _WHICH KNEW NOT JOSEPH_— _To know,_ in the sacred Scripture, signifies often, to _love,_ to _regard, approve._ See Hosea 2:8. Amos 3:2 compared with Psalms 1:6;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Is-ra-el, who came into E-gypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): (2) Reu-ben, Sim-e-on, Le-vi, and Ju-dah, (3) Is-s...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW THERE AROSE UP A NEW KING OVER EGYPT, WHICH KNEW NOT JOSEPH._ Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, х_ WAYAAQAAM_ (H6965)] - ascended the throne; appeared in totally different circumstances...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OPPRESSION OF THE ISRAELITES 5. Seventy souls] Jacob himself is included in the number: cp. Genesis 46:8. Of the seventy, sixty-eight were males. If to the direct descendants of Jacob we add the wives...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This verse marks the turn of the tide in the fortunes of Israel. Hitherto they have been tolerated and honoured; now they are feared and oppressed. The change of treatment is here said to be connected...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF EXODUS Exodus is one of the first 5 books of the *Old Testa...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THERE AROSE UP A NEW KING. — A king of a new dynasty might seem to be intended. Some suppose him to be Aahmes I., the founder of the eighteenth dynasty of Manetho; others suggest Rameses II., one of t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֥קָם מֶֽלֶךְ ־חָדָ֖שׁ עַל ־מִצְרָ֑יִם א

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE OPPRESSION. Exodus 1:7. At the beginning of the history of Israel we find a prosperous race. It was indeed their growing importance, and chiefly their vast numerical increase, which excited the j...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AFFLICTED Exodus 1:1 The buried seed began to bear an abundant harvest, notwithstanding the efforts of Pharaoh and his people. The kings of the earth take counsel together to...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The first word of Exodus, "Now," might with equal accuracy be rendered "And." Either word serves to suggest continuity. The story of Genesis is taken up in Exodus. It begins by recording the prolific...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which (c) knew not Joseph. (c) He did not consider how God had preserved Egypt for the sake of Joseph....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Acts 7:18. It is a useful spiritual improvement to consider, that as Israel flourished more after Joseph's death, and under the oppression of another king which knew not Joseph: so the true Israelite...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._Now there arose a new king. _When more than one hundred years had been happily passed in freedom and repose, the condition of the elect people began to be changed. Moses relates that the commenceme...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. First, we have the historical circumstances which relate to the captivity of Israel-the persecutions which this people had to endure, and the provide...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW THERE AROSE UP A NEW KING OVER EGYPT,.... Stephen calls him another king, Acts 7:18 one of another family, according to Josephus g; who was not of the seed royal, as Aben Ezra; and Sir John Marsha...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. Ver. 8. _A new king._] Called Busiris, a most savage tyrant, as heathen histories report him. _ Who knew not._] Nothing sooner perishe...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _There arose a new king_ One of another family, according to Josephus; for it appears from ancient writers that the kingdom of Egypt often passed from one family to another. _That knew not Joseph_ All...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The children of Israel after Iosephs death do multiply. 8 The more they are oppressed by a new King, the more they multiply. 15 The godlines of the Midwiues, in sauing the men children aliue. 22...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PHARAOH PLANS TO CURB THE GROWTH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now there arose up a new king over Egypt which knew not Joseph. The expression "arose up" indicates either that the new Pharaoh adopted entirely new policies with reference to the strange people withi...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    EXODUS THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES (וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת; _Ἐξοδος: Exodus_) THE PROPHETICO-MESSIANIC THEOCRACY—OR THE GENESIS, REDEMPTION AND SANCTIFICATION OF THE COVENANT PEOPLE FIRST DIVISION: MOSES AN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ISRAEL MULTIPLIED (vs.1-7) The first five verses of Exodus indicate its continuity with the book of Genesis, for they confirm what is written in more detail in Genesis 46:8. This small number of 70 p...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-14 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 s...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A NEW KING, i.e. another king; one of another disposition, or interest, or family; for the kingdom of Egypt did oft pass from one family to another, as appears from the history of the _Dynastics_ reco...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    We now approach, by the mercy of God, the study of the Book of Exodus, of which the great prominent theme is redemption. The first five verses recall to the mind the closing scenes of the preceding bo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 1:8 arose H6965 (H8799) new H2319 king H4428 Egypt H4714 know H3045 (H8804) Joseph H3130 a new kin

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PEOPLE MULTIPLY AND ARE PUT TO HARD LABOUR (EXODUS 1:6). The careful patterning continues: a Joseph dies and all his generation (Exodus 1:6). b The children of Israel are fruitful and multiply...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Israel in Egypt and their bondage. CHARACTERS: Joseph, Pharaoh, Shiprah, Puah. CONCLUSION: God's providences may at times seem to thwart His promises that His peoples' faith may be tried a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 1:1. _The children of Israel._ Some think we should read here, the sons of Israel. Paul, Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:5, makes a distinction between children and sons, in the words νηπιοι and υιο...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The children of Israel were fruitful _ THE INCREASE OF THE CHURCH I. Notwithstanding the removal of its chief officer (Exodus 1:6). Joseph dead; his influence gone; his counsel inaccessible. To-day...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:11. Pithom] P. = “a narrow place:” a city of Lower Egypt, situated on the eastern bank of the Nile: Gr. _Patoumos_ (Gosenius). RAAMSES] Prob. = “son of the sun:” “should be l...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EXODUS 1:7-2 Here the real narrative of Exodus begins. The history of the Israelites from and after the death of Joseph is entered on. The first point touched is THEIR RAPID MULTIPLICATION...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    a new king. Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ecclesiastes 2:19 Ecclesiastes 9:15 Acts 7:18...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE BIRTH AND YOUTH OF MOSES Exodus 1:1, _Exodus 1:22_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction, we wish to discuss the meaning of the word, "Exodus." The first Book of the Bible is Genesis; it is...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    There arose a new king (after several successions in Joseph's time) which knew not Joseph — All that knew him loved him, and were kind to his relations for his sake; but when he was dead he was soon f...

Continues after advertising