Exodus 1
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Israel Multiplies in Egypt
1Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came, each one #1:1 Lit andwith his household: 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5#1:5 Lit Every soulAll the people who descended from Jacob were seventy #1:5 Lit soulspeople, but Joseph was already in Egypt. 6And Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7But the sons of Israel were fruitful and #1:7 Lit swarmedincreased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly #1:7 Or numerousmighty, so that the land was filled with them.
8Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are #1:9 Or more and mightier than wetoo many and too mighty for us. 10Come, let us deal #1:10 Or wiselyshrewdly with them, otherwise they will multiply, and #1:10 Lit it will come about when war occurs thatin the event of war, they will also join those who hate us, and fight against us and #1:10 Lit go up fromdepart from the land.” 11So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with #1:11 Lit their burdenshard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and the more they #1:12 Lit broke forthspread out, so that they dreaded the sons of Israel. 13The Egyptians #1:13 Lit with violence compelledused violence to compel the sons of Israel to labor; 14and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they violently had them perform as slaves.
15Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom #1:15 Lit the name waswas named Shiphrah, and the other #1:15 Lit the name waswas named Puah; 16and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 17But the midwives #1:17 Or reveredfeared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had #1:17 Lit spoken tocommanded them, but let the boys live. 18So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?” 19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife #1:19 Lit comes tocan get to them.” 20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very #1:20 Or numerousmighty. 21And because the midwives #1:21 Or reveredfeared God, He #1:21 Lit madeestablished #1:21 Or familieshouseholds for them. 22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born, #1:22 Some ancient versions insert to the Hebrewsyou are to throw into the Nile, but every daughter, you are to keep alive.”
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Exodus 1
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1These are the names of the Israelites who came to Egypt with Jacob along with their households: 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5The total number in Jacob’s family was seventy. Joseph was already in Egypt. 6Eventually, Joseph, his brothers, and everyone in his generation died. 7But the Israelites were fertile and became populous. They multiplied and grew dramatically, filling the whole land.
Israel is oppressed
8Now a new king came to power in Egypt who didn’t know Joseph. 9He said to his people, “The Israelite people are now larger in number and stronger than we are. 10Come on, let’s be smart and deal with them. Otherwise, they will only grow in number. And if war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and then escape from the land.” 11As a result, the Egyptians put foremen of forced work gangs over the Israelites to harass them with hard work. They had to build storage cities named Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. 12But the more they were oppressed, the more they grew and spread, so much so that the Egyptians started to look at the Israelites with disgust and dread. 13So the Egyptians enslaved the Israelites. 14They made their lives miserable with hard labor, making mortar and bricks, doing field work, and by forcing them to do all kinds of other cruel work.
15The king of Egypt spoke to two Hebrew midwives named Shiphrah and Puah: 16“When you are helping the Hebrew women give birth and you see the baby being born, if it’s a boy, kill him. But if it’s a girl, you can let her live.” 17Now the two midwives respected God so they didn’t obey the Egyptian king’s order. Instead, they let the baby boys live.
18So the king of Egypt called the two midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”
19The two midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because Hebrew women aren’t like Egyptian women. They’re much stronger and give birth before any midwives can get to them.” 20So God treated the midwives well, and the people kept on multiplying and became very strong. 21And because the midwives respected God, God gave them households of their own.
22Then Pharaoh gave an order to all his people: “Throw every baby boy born to the Hebrews into the Nile River, but you can let all the girls live.”
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