EXODUS Chapter 1 Verse 1 - 22

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Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

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Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

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And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8.

Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

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And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

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.

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Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

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And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

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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 rigor.

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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:

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And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

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But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

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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?

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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.

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Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

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And Pharaoh charged 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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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4.

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

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And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

6.

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8.

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

9.

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

10.

come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

11.

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

12.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

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And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

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and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

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And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

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But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

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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?

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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 midwife come unto them.

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And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

22.

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

1.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.

2.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4.

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

5.

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

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Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

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And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

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Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

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And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

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Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

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So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

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But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

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And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

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And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

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And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

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When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

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But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

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And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

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And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

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And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

21.

And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

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And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

1.

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

2.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4.

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5.

And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

6.

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

8.

And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

9.

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

10.

Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

11.

And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

12.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

13.

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

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and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

15.

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives -- of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah --

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and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see them on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

17.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

18.

And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

19.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

20.

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

21.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22.

Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.

1.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):

2.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4.

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

5.

All the souls who came out of the Jacob`s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

6.

Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.

7.

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8.

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn`t know Joseph.

9.

He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

10.

Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."

11.

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

12.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13.

The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

14.

and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

15.

The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,

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and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

17.

But the midwives feared God, and didn`t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

18.

The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?"

19.

The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women aren`t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."

20.

God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

21.

It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

22.

Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

1.

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

2.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4.

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5.

And all the souls that descended from Jacob, were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

6.

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8.

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

9.

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

10.

Come, let us deal wisely with them: lest they multiply, and it shall come to pass, that when there falleth out any war, they will join with our enemies, and fight against us, and depart from the land.

11.

Therefore they set over them task-masters, to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom, and Raamses.

12.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13.

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor.

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 in which they made them serve, was with rigor.

15.

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:)

16.

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it shall be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it shall be a daughter, then she shall live.

17.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.

18.

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive?

19.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them.

20.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

21.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22.

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

1.

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come;

2.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4.

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5.

And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

6.

And Joseph dieth, and all his brethren, and all that generation;

7.

and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

8.

And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,

9.

and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel is more numerous and mighty than we;

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give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.`

11.

And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

12.

and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

13.

and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,

14.

and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every kind of service in the field; all their service in which they have served is with rigour.

15.

And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one is Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),

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and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it is a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it is a daughter -- then she hath lived.`

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And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

18.

and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?`

19.

And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, `Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them -- they have borne!`

20.

And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

21.

and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

22.

and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born -- into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.`

1.

These are the names of the children of Israel, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they went in, every man with his household:

2.

Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda,

3.

Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin,

4.

Dan, and Nephtali, Gad and Aser.

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And all the souls that came out of Jacob's thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.

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After he was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation,

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The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.

8.

In the mean time there arose a new king over Egypt, that knew not Joseph:

9.

And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we.

10.

Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land.

11.

Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens, and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom and Ramesses.

12.

But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:

13.

And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:

14.

And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay, and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.

15.

And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,

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Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.

17.

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.

18.

And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children ?

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They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

20.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.

21.

And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.

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Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

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