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Exodus 1

Israel Multiplies in Egypt

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Now these are the  anames of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one  1with his household:

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Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;

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Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;

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Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

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All the  1persons who came from the loins of Jacob were  aseventy  2in number, but Joseph was already in Egypt.

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 aJoseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.

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But the sons of Israel  awere fruitful and  1increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly  2mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

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

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 aHe said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are  1more and mightier than we.

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"Come, let us  adeal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and  1in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and  2depart from the land."

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So they appointed  ataskmasters over them to afflict them with  1 bhard labor. And they built for Pharaoh  cstorage cities, Pithom and  dRaamses.

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But the more they afflicted them,  athe more they multiplied and the more they  1spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.

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The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel  ato labor rigorously;

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and they made  atheir lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously  1imposed on them.

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Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom  1was named Shiphrah and the other  1was named Puah;

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and he said, "When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool,  aif it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

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But the midwives  1 afeared God, and  bdid not do as the king of Egypt had  2commanded them, but let the boys 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 let the boys live?"

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The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife  1can get to them."

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So  aGod was good to the midwives, and  bthe people multiplied, and became very  1mighty.

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Because the midwives  1 afeared God, He  2 bestablished  3households for them.

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Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, " aEvery son who is born  1you are to cast into  bthe Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive."



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