<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Interestingly, "VaYakom Melekh Hadash al Mitzrayim..." could be translated as "A new king arose <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">against</span></b> Egypt..." In other words Pharaoh was his and his people's own worst enemy.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Regarding the famous machlokess between Rav and Shmuel: Was it mamesh a new king or was it the old one who made as if he didn't know Yosef? The fact that the Torah doesn't mention the king died, would indicate that it was the same king. </div></body></html>