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1:1
Now these are the names of the children of
Israel
, which came into
Egypt
; every man and his
household
came with
Jacob
.
1:2
Reuben
,
Simeon
,
Levi
, and
Judah
,
1:3
Issachar
,
Zebulun
, and
Benjamin
,
1:4
Dan
, and
Naphtali
,
Gad
, and
Asher
.
1:5
And
all the souls
that came out of
the loins of Jacob
were
seventy
souls
: for
Joseph
was in
Egypt
already.
1:6
And
Joseph died
, and all his
brethren
, and all that
generation
.
1:7
And
the children of Israel
were
fruitful
, and increased abundantly, and
multiplied
, and
waxed exceeding mighty
; and
the land
was filled with
them
.
1:8
Now there arose up a new
king
over
Egypt
, which knew not Joseph.
1:9
And he said unto his people,
Behold
,
the people
of the children of Israel are
more and mightier
than we:
1:10
Come on, let us
deal wisely
with them;
lest they multiply
, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any
war
, they join also unto our
enemies
, and
fight against
us, and so get them up
out of the land
.
1:11
Therefore they did set over them
taskmaster
s to
afflict
them with their
burden
s. And they built for
Pharaoh
treasure cities
,
Pithom
and
Raamses
.
1:12
But
the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew
. And they were
grieve
d because of
the children of Israel
.
1:13
And the
Egyptian
s made the children of Israel to
serve with rigour
:
1:14
And they
made their lives bitter
with
hard bondage
, in
mortar
, and in
brick
, and in all manner of
service in the field
: all their
service
, wherein they made them
serve
, was with
rigour
.
1:15
And
the king of Egypt
spake to the
Hebrew midwives
, of which the name of the one was
Shiphrah
, and the name of the other
Puah
:
1:16
And he said, When ye do
the office of a midwife
to the
Hebrew women
, and see them upon the
stool
s;
if it be a son, then ye shall kill him
: but
if it be a daughter, then she shall live
.
1:17
But the
midwives
God-fearing
, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the
men children
alive.
1:18
And the king of Egypt called for
the midwives
, and said unto them,
Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
1:19
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the
Hebrew
women are not as the
Egyptian women
; for they are lively, and are
delivered
ere the midwives
come in unto
them.
1:20
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives
: and the people multiplied, and
waxed
very
mighty
.
1:21
And it came to pass, because
the midwives feared God
, that
he made them houses
.
1:22
And Pharaoh
charge
d all his people, saying,
Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river
, and
every daughter ye shall save alive
.
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