Kabbalah Library
Zohar for All, Volume 4
And a New King Arose – 2
157) Everyday, the Creator makes angels messengers to the world, as it is written, “He makes the winds His messengers.” It does not say “Made” but “Makes,” in present tense, since He makes every single day. At that time, an angel was appointed over Egypt, as it is written, “And a new king arose over Egypt.” Of course the appointee is new, since the Creator has now made him.
158) “Who did not know Joseph,” since the appointee was from a place of separation, as it is written, “And from there it departed” and became four heads. The first out of that separation was the river of Egypt, as it is written, “The name of the first is Pishon,” which is the river of Egypt. And this is why he did not know Joseph, the place where all the unity resides. Joseph is Yesod, called “righteous,” and all the unifications of ZON are done with him, and the separation did not wish to know the unification.
