Israel enslaved in Egypt
A new pharaoh who didn't know Joseph feared Israel's growing numbers and forced them into brutal slave labor.
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
Exodus 1:8 (World English Bible)
The Egyptians put slave masters over the Israelites and made them build the storage cities of Pithom and Raamses. The harder they were oppressed, the more they multiplied, so the Egyptians made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick, mortar, and the fields.
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Dating notes
Ussher dates the new king's reign from 1577 BC, identifying him from Manetho's king lists as Ramesses Miamun. The start of the heavy bondage is not dated in Scripture, and identifications of the pharaohs of the oppression and Exodus remain debated.