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Exodus 1:1

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Israel’s Suffering in Egypt

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

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 All those¹ who were descendants of Jacob were ^aseventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).

6 And ^aJoseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation.

7 ^aBut the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and¹ grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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

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

10 ^acome, let us ^bdeal 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.”

11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them ^ato afflict them with their ^bburdens. And they built for Pharaoh ^csupply cities, Pithom ^dand Raamses.

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

13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel ^aserve with rigor.

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

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

16 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 ^ason, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

17 But the midwives ^afeared God, and did not do ^bas the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

18 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?”

19 And ^athe midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they¹ are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”

20 ^aTherefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and¹ grew very mighty.

21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, ^athat He provided households for them.

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

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American Standard Version
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):

Amplified® Bible
THESE ARE the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:

Contemporary English Version
When Jacob went to Egypt, his son Joseph was already there. So Jacob took his eleven other sons and their families. They were: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Altogether, Jacob had seventy children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who went with him.

Darby English Version
And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

Good News Bible
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him, each with his family, were

King James Version
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

New American Standard Bible
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:

New International Version
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now these we identify as the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:

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

Young's Literal Translation
And these `are' the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come;

New English Translation
¹ These² are the names³ of the sons of Israel⁴ who entered Egypt – each man with his household⁵ entered with Jacob:

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