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Israel’s Suffering in Egypt

Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob:

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Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

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Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

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All those [a]who were descendants of Jacob were seventy[b] persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).

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All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.

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And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation.

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Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.

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But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and [c]grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

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Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

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Pharaoh Oppresses Israel

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

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And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we;

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And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

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come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.”

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Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”

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Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.

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But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.

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So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with [d]rigor.

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So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves

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And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage — in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.

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and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

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Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah;

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Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,

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and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

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“When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”

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But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

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But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

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So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”

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So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”

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And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they [e]are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”

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The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”

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Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and [f]grew very mighty.

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So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.

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And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He [g]provided households for them.

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And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

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So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is [h]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

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Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrewsa you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

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