Pharoah Generic name of kings of Egypt, c.18-16th centuries B.C.E. ProminentPha roahs in the Pentateuch are: the Pharoah (3) who may have been the new k ingof Egypt and who 'did not know Joseph' (Exodus 1:8). This Pharoah is said to have forced the Isr 2. While the affairs of the Hebrews were in this condition, there was t his occasion offered itself to the Egyptians, which made them more solic itous for the extinction of our nation. One of those sacred scribes, (18 ) who are very sagacious in foretellini