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The Israelites Multiply in Egypt
And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:
And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:
Israel Multiplies in Egypt
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:
And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.
All the persons who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy in number, but Joseph was already in Egypt.
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
Oppression by a New Pharaoh
And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.
He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.
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.
“Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.”
And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;
The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously;
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.
and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.
Pharoah Orders Male Children Killed
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 --
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 --
Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other was named Puah;
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.
and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live.
And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?
So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?”
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.
The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them.”
And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them.