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CHAPTER 1

These

are the names

of the sons

of Israel

who went

to Egypt

with

Jacob,

each

with his family:

Reuben,

Simeon,

Levi,

and Judah;

Issachar,

Zebulun,

and Benjamin;

Dan

and Naphtali,

Gad

and Asher.

The descendants

of Jacob

numbered

seventy

in all,

including Joseph,

who was

already in Egypt.

Now Joseph

and all

his brothers

and all

that

generation

died,

but the Israelites

were fruitful

and increased abundantly;

they multiplied

and became exceedingly

strong,

so that the land

was filled with them.

Then a new

king,

who

knew

nothing

of Joseph,

came to power

in

Egypt.

“Look,”

he said

to

his people,

“the Israelites

have become too numerous

and too powerful

for us.

Come,

we must deal shrewdly with them,

or

they will increase even more;

and if

a war

breaks out,

they

may join

our enemies,

fight against us,

and leave

the country.”

So the Egyptians appointed

taskmasters

over

the Israelites to

oppress

them with forced labor.

As a result, they built

Pithom

and Rameses

as store

cities

for Pharaoh.

But the more they were oppressed,

the more they multiplied

and flourished,

so that the Egyptians came to dread

the Israelites.

They worked

the Israelites

ruthlessly

and made their lives

bitter

with hard

labor

in brick

and mortar,

and with all kinds

of work

in the fields.

Every

service

they imposed

was harsh.

Then the king

of Egypt

said

to the Hebrew

midwives,

whose

names were

Shiphrah

and

Puah,

“When you help the Hebrew

women give birth,

observe

them as

they deliver.

If

the child

is a son,

kill

him;

but if

it is

a daughter,

let her live.”

The midwives, however,

feared

God

and did not

do

as

the king

of Egypt

had told

them;

they let the boys

live.

So the king

of Egypt

summoned

the midwives

and asked

them,

“Why

have you done

this?

Why have you let the boys

live?”

The midwives

answered

Pharaoh,

“The Hebrew women

are not

like the Egyptian

women,

for

they

are vigorous

and give birth

before

a midwife

arrives.”

So God

was good

to the midwives,

and the people

multiplied

and became even more

numerous.

And because

the midwives

feared

God,

He gave

them families of their own.

Then Pharaoh

commanded

all

his people:

“Every

son

born to the Hebrews

you must throw

into the Nile,

but every

daughter

you may allow to live.”

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