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1 Now these are the names <08034> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which came <0935> (8802) into Egypt <04714>; every man <0376> and his household <01004> came <0935> (8804) with Jacob <03290>.
2 Reuben <07205>, Simeon <08095>, Levi <03878>, and Judah <03063>,
3 Issachar <03485>, Zebulun <02074>, and Benjamin <01144>,
4 Dan <01835>, and Naphtali <05321>, Gad <01410>, and Asher <0836>.
5 And all the souls <05315> that came out <03318> (8802) of the loins <03409> of Jacob <03290> were seventy <07657> souls <05315>: for Joseph <03130> was in Egypt <04714> already.
6 And Joseph <03130> died <04191> (8799), and all his brethren <0251>, and all that generation <01755>.
7 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were fruitful <06509> (8804), and increased abundantly <08317> (8799), and multiplied <07235> (8799), and waxed exceeding <03966> <03966> mighty <06105> (8799); and the land <0776> was filled <04390> (8735) with them.
8 Now there arose up <06965> (8799) a new <02319> king <04428> over Egypt <04714>, which knew <03045> (8804) not Joseph <03130>.
9 And he said <0559> (8799) unto his people <05971>, Behold, the people <05971> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> are more <07227> and mightier <06099> than we:
10 Come on <03051> (8798), let us deal wisely <02449> (8691) with them; lest they multiply <07235> (8799) , and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out <07122> (8799) any war <04421>, they <01931> join <03254> (8738) also unto our enemies <08130> (8802), and fight <03898> (8738) against us, and so get them up <05927> (8804) out of the land <0776>.
11 Therefore they did set <07760> (8799) over them taskmasters <04522> <08269> to afflict <06031> (8763) them with their burdens <05450>. And they built <01129> (8799) for Pharaoh <06547> treasure <04543> cities <05892>, Pithom <06619> and Raamses <07486>.
12 But the more they afflicted <06031> (8762) them, the more <03651> they multiplied <07235> (8799) and grew <06555> (8799). And they were grieved <06973> (8799) because <06440> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
13 And the Egyptians <04714> made <05647> <00> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> to serve <05647> (8686) with rigour <06531>:
14 And they made <04843> <00> their lives <02416> bitter <04843> (8762) with hard <07186> bondage <05656>, in morter <02563>, and in brick <03843>, and in all manner of service <05656> in the field <07704>: all their service <05656> , wherein they made them serve <05647> (8804), was with rigour <06531>.
15 And the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> spake <0559> (8799) to the Hebrew <05680> midwives <03205> (8764), of which the name <08034> of the one <0259> was Shiphrah <08236>, and the name <08034> of the other <08145> Puah <06326>:
16 And he said <0559> (8799), When ye do the office of a midwife <03205> (8763) to the Hebrew women <05680>, and see <07200> (8804) them upon the stools <070>; if it be a son <01121>, then ye shall kill <04191> (8689) him: but if it be a daughter <01323>, then she shall live <02425> (8804).
17 But the midwives <03205> (8764) feared <03372> (8799) God <0430>, and did <06213> (8804) not as the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> commanded <01696> (8765) them, but saved <02421> <00> the men children <03206> alive <02421> (8762).
18 And the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> called <07121> (8799) for the midwives <03205> (8764), and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Why <04069> have ye done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>, and have saved <02421> <00> the men children <03206> alive <02421> (8762)?
19 And the midwives <03205> (8764) said <0559> (8799) unto Pharaoh <06547>, Because the Hebrew <05680> women <0802> are not as the Egyptian women <04713>; for they are lively <02422>, and are delivered <03205> (8804) ere <02962> the midwives <03205> (8764) come in <0935> (8799) unto them.
20 Therefore God <0430> dealt well <03190> (8686) with the midwives <03205> (8764): and the people <05971> multiplied <07235> (8799), and waxed very <03966> mighty <06105> (8799).
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives <03205> (8764) feared <03372> (8804) God <0430>, that he made <06213> (8799) them houses <01004>.
22 And Pharaoh <06547> charged <06680> (8762) all his people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Every son <01121> that is born <03209> ye shall cast <07993> (8686) into the river <02975>, and every daughter <01323> ye shall save alive <02421> (8762).