Exodus 1

Oppression in Egypt

1Now these are the names of Bnei-Yisrael who came into Egypt with Jacob, each man with his family:

2Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;

3Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;

4Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

5The souls that came out of the line of Jacob numbered 70 in all, while Joseph was already in Egypt.

6Then Joseph died, as did all his brothers and all that generation.

7Yet Bnei-Yisrael were fruitful, increased abundantly, multiplied and grew extremely numerous—so the land was filled with them.

8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

9He said to his people, “Look, the people of Bnei-Yisrael are too numerous and too powerful for us.

10Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, or else they will grow even more numerous, so that if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and then escape from the land.”

11So they set slave masters over them to afflict them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Raamses as storage cities for Pharaoh.

12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread. So the Egyptians dreaded the presence of Bnei-Yisrael.

13They worked them harshly,

14and made their lives bitter with hard labor with mortar and brick, doing all sorts of work in the fields. In all their labors they worked them with cruelty.

15Moreover the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,

16and said, “When you help the Hebrew women during childbirth, look at the sex. If it’s a son, then kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.”

17Yet the midwives feared God, so they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the boys live.

18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this—let the boys live?”

19The midwives told Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. They are like animals, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”

20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, growing very numerous.

21Because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

22But Pharaoh charged all his people saying, “You are to cast every son that is born into the river, but let every daughter live.”

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Exodus 1

Israel Oppressed

1Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, # Ge 35:23–26; 46:8–26 which came into Egypt (each man and his household came with Jacob): 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5All the people who came from the seed of Jacob were seventy people, # Ge 46:26–27; Dt 10:22 but Joseph was in Egypt already.

6Joseph died, # Ge 50:26 as did all his brothers, and all that generation. 7Nevertheless, the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, # Ge 46:3; Dt 26:5 and became exceedingly mighty, # 1:7 Or numerous; also in v. 20. so that the land was filled with them.

8Now there rose up a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. # Ac 7:18 9And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more numerous and powerful than we. # Ps 105:24–25 10Come, let us deal wisely with them, # Ps 83:3–4 lest they multiply, and it come to pass that when any war breaks out, they also join our enemies, and fight against us, and escape from the land.” # Ac 7:19

11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their labor. # Ge 15:13 They built for Pharaoh storage cities: Pithom and Rameses. # Ge 47:11 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew so that as a result they abhorred the sons of Israel. 13The Egyptians made the Israelites to serve with rigor, 14and they made their lives bitter with hard service—in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. In all their service they made them serve with rigor. # Ex 2:23; 6:9

15The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, 16and he said, “When you perform the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the stools, if it is a son, then you must kill him, # Mt 2:16 but if it is a daughter, then she may live.” 17However, the midwives feared God, # Pr 16:6 and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, # Da 3:16–18; Ac 5:29 but kept the male children alive. 18The king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and preserved the male children’s lives?”

19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives come to them.”

20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, # Pr 11:18 and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. # Ex 1:12 21So it happened that because the midwives feared God, He gave them families. # 1Sa 2:35; 1Ki 11:38

22Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, “You must cast every son that is born into the river, and you must preserve every daughter’s life.” # Ac 7:19

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