So, from this, we can see that, because of this new king who didn t know anything about Yosef and the Jewish people, things changed. Of course, there is more to this than the new king. Behind everything, God had a plan for the Jewish people that would strengthen them and prepare them to have a very special, Torah relationship with Him. This was the beginning of that strengthening. It also says a great deal about our ancestors.
Hardship brings one of two things.
Either the people cannot stand up against the oppression and eventually assimilate and disappear, or they become stronger in resistance of the tyranny. We all know what happened and that says a great deal about those people and about us.