Exo 1
1 Israel Multiplies
These
are the names of the sons of Israel of the ones entering into Egypt together with Jacob their father; each of them sojourning entered.
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5But Joseph was in Egypt. And were all
the souls coming forth from Jacob -- five and seventy.
6[
3came to an end
1And
2Joseph], and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7And the sons of Israel grew and multiplied, and [
2extensive
1became], and grew strong exceedingly, exceedingly. [
4multiplied
1And
2the
3land] of them.
8[
4rose up
1And
3king
2another] over Egypt who did not know Joseph.
9And he said
to his nation, Behold, the race of the sons of Israel
are a great multitude, and they are strong above us.
10Come then we should deal subtly with them, lest at any time they should multiply, and whenever [
3to us
2may come to pass
1a war], [
2will add
1these also] to the opponents, and waging war against us they shall go forth from the land.
11 The Affliction of Israel
And he set to them supervisors over the works, that they might afflict them in their works. And they built [
2cities
1fortified]
to Pharaoh -- Pithom and Raamses, and On which is Heliopolis.
12And in so far as they humbled them by so much, [
2many
more 1they became]. And they were strong exceedingly, exceedingly. And [
3were abhorred
1the
2Egyptians] of the sons of Israel.
13And [
3tyrannized
1the
2Egyptians] the sons of Israel
by force.
14And they grievously afflicted them
by the life in the [
2works
1hard] in the mortar, and in the making of bricks, and in all the works in the plains, according to all the works which they were reducing them to slavery with force.
15And [
5said
1the
2king
3of the
4Egyptians] to the midwives of the Hebrews, to a certain one of them
with the name Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah.
16And he said to them, Whenever you act as midwife to the Hebrews, and they should be about to bear, if then it should be a male, you kill it! But if a female, preserve it!
17[
4feared
1But
2the
3midwives] God, and they did not do in so far as [
4ordered
5them
1the
2king
3of Egypt]. And they brought forth alive the males.
18[
5called
1And
2the
3king
4of Egypt] the midwives, and said to them, Why
is it that you did this thing, and brought forth alive the males?
19[
4said
1And
2the
3midwives] to Pharaoh, Not as
the women of Egypt
are the Hebrews, for they give birth before [
3entered
4to
5them
1the
2midwives], and they bear.
20[
3good
1And
2God did] to the midwives. And he multiplied the people, and it became strong exceedingly.
21Since [
3feared
1the
2midwives] God, they made to themselves families.
22[
3gave orders
1And
2Pharaoh] to all his people, saying, Every male who ever should be born to the Hebrews [
2into
3the
4river
1toss], and every female bring it forth alive!