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Chapter 1 |
| 1 | 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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2 | Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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| 3 | Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, |
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4 | Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher. |
| 5 |
And all the souls that came out of the loins of 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
waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. |
| 8 | Now there
arose up a new king over Egypt, which 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 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. |
| 11 |
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters 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: |
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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 rigor. |
| 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: |
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16 | 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. |
| 17 |
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children alive. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 20 |
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people
multiplied, and waxed 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. |
