{"book":"Exodus","slug":"exodus","ch":1,"genre":"list","sub":"Exodus","prev":"genesis/50","next":"exodus/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:","f":[],"h":"The Israelites Multiply in Egypt","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;","f":[],"style":"list1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":4,"t":"Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"list1","t":"Dan and Naphtali;"},{"style":"list1","t":"Gad and Asher."}],"style":"list1"},{"v":5,"t":"The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.","f":["MT (see also Genesis 46:27); DSS and LXX (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five"],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.","f":[],"h":"Oppression by a New King","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"“ Look,” he said to his people,“ the Israelites [have become] too numerous and too powerful for us.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"Come, let us 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.”","f":["Or and take the country"]},{"v":11,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"They worked the Israelites ruthlessly","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"“ When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe [them] on the birthstools. If [the child] is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them,“ Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"The midwives answered Pharaoh,“ The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"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.”","f":["SP, LXX, and Targum Yonaton; Hebrew does not include to the Hebrews."],"style":"reg"}]}