Exodus 1

¹ Now these are the namesnames of the sons of Israelsons of Israel, who camecame into EgyptEgypt (every manman and his householdhousehold camecame with JacobJacob):

² ReubenReuben, SimeonSimeon, LeviLevi, and JudahJudah,

³ IssacharIssachar, ZebulunZebulun, and Benjaminand Benjamin,

⁴ DanDan and NaphtaliNaphtali, GadGad and Asher.

⁵ All the soulssouls who came out of JacobJacob's body were seventy soulssouls, and JosephJoseph was in EgyptEgypt already.

⁶ JosephJoseph dieddied, as did all his brothersbrothers, and all that generationgeneration.

⁷ The childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael were fruitfulfruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mightymighty; and the landland was filledfilled with them.

⁸ Now there arose a new king over EgyptEgypt, who didn't knowknow JosephJoseph.

⁹ He saidsaid to his people, "Behold, the people of the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael are more and mightier than we.

¹⁰ Come, let usus deal wisely with them, lest they multiplymultiply, and it happen that when any warwar breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against usus, and escape out of the landland."

¹¹ Therefore they set taskmasterstaskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They builtbuilt storage citiescities for PharaohPharaoh: PithomPithom and RaamsesRaamses.

¹² But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael.

¹³ The EgyptiansEgyptians ruthlessly made the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael serveserve,

¹⁴ and they made their liveslives bitter with hard serviceservice, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of serviceservice in the fieldfield, all their serviceservice, in which they ruthlessly made them serveserve.

¹⁵ The king of EgyptEgypt spokespoke to the HebrewHebrew midwives, of whom the namename of the oneone was Shiphrah, and the namename of the other Puah,

¹⁶ and he saidsaid, "When you perform the duty of a midwifemidwife to the HebrewHebrew women, and seesee them on the birthbirth stool; if it is a sonson, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

¹⁷ But the midwives fearedfeared GodGod, and didn't do what the king of EgyptEgypt commanded them, but savedsaved the baby boys alive.

¹⁸ The king of EgyptEgypt calledcalled for the midwives, and saidsaid to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have savedsaved the boys alive?"

¹⁹ The midwives saidsaid to PharaohPharaoh, "Because the HebrewHebrew womenwomen aren't like the Egyptian womenwomen; for they are vigorous, and give birthbirth before the midwifemidwife comescomes to them."

²⁰ GodGod dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mightymighty.

²¹ It happened, because the midwives fearedfeared GodGod, that he gave them families.

²² PharaohPharaoh commandedcommanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every sonson who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall savesave alive."