Comentário sobre Êxodo 1:8

ויקם מלך חדש NOW THERE AROSE A NEW KING — Rab and Samuel (two Amoraim or Talmudical teachers) differed in their interpretation of these words. One said that he was really a new king; the other said that it was the same king but he made new edicts (Sotah 11a).

ויקם מלך חדש, “a new king arose.” According to Ibn Ezra the way the Torah introduces the new king is proof that he did not belong to the dynasty that had ruled Egypt up to that point. A similar phrase is used in Samuel I 22,8 הקים בני את עבדי עלי, “my own son has set my servant in ambush against me.”

The other said, [he was actually the same king] but his edicts were new. Otherwise, [if it was a new king,] the verse should have said “ וימת וימלוך , he [the king] died and a new king came into power.” [Rather it merely says ויקם (he arose).]