Exo 1 | ABEn | STEP | 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.

Exodus 1

CHAPTER 1 Israel Multiplies

1 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. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 But 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. 7 And 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. 9 And he said to his nation, Behold, the race of the sons of Israel are a great multitude, and they are strong above us. 10 Come 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.

The Affliction of Israel

11 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. 12 And 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. 13 And [³tyrannized ¹the ²Egyptians] the sons of Israel by force. 14 And 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. 15 And [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. 16 And 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. 21 Since [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!