King James Version
Acts 7:18 in the King James Version says “Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.”
Acts 7:18 · KJV
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: exceeding fair: or, fair to God
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“knew”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
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