Parashas Shemos · Passuk 1:8
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Torah Temimah points to Sotah 11a (verified).
Sefaria — Exodus 1:8
Sefaria — Sotah 11a
E-Daf — Sotah 11a
English: Rav and Shmuel dispute the meaning of “a new king”: one says a genuinely new king, and the other says that his decrees were renewed. “Who did not know Joseph” means that he acted as though he did not know him at all.
In context: See the cited source for the full section.
Custom — dispute over the plain sense of “new” versus a midrashic reading of renewed decrees.
Chazal leave open whether a literally new Pharaoh arose or whether the existing ruler adopted a new, hostile policy. Either reading explains the sudden oppression.