Thus begins the account of the great exodus from Egypt: A new Pharaoh, who fears the strength of the Israelites and the threat they could become, orders that all their male children be killed. Hmm, that sounds familiar - I suspect I'll run into another king with similar paranoia in the early parts of the Gospels.
Other than that, not much to tell here. I do wonder, though, how long it was between Joseph saving the Egyptians and a king rising there who didn't know of him, and in trade for his great help in the past enslaved his family's descendants?
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I think it was Ken Smith who preached a sermon on this years ago (obviously would have been years ago). He said that the phrase "did not know" connotes an intentional ignorance. Thus, Pharaoh "did not care to know."
Isn't it odd, though, how easy it is to look at The Other (i.e. anyone different) and dehumanize him? If I think of someone else as inhuman, it's so much easier to justify any crime against that person. History of the world in a nutshell, I guess.
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