02_EXO_01_01 now These [ are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man And his household came with Jacob.
02_EXO_01_02 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, And Judah,
02_EXO_01_03 Issachar, Zebulun, And Benjamin,
02_EXO_01_04 Dan, And Naphtali, Gad, And Asher.
02_EXO_01_05 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [ already].
02_EXO_01_06 And Joseph died, And all his brethren, And all that generation.
02_EXO_01_07 And the children of Israel were fruitful, And increased abundantly, And multiplied, And waxed exceeding mighty; And the land was filled with them.
02_EXO_01_08 now there arose up A new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
02_EXO_01_09 And he said unto his people, behold, the people of the children of Israel [ are] more And mightier than we:
02_EXO_01_10 come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, And it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, And fight against us, And [ So] get them up out of the land.
02_EXO_01_11 therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom And Raamses.
02_EXO_01_12 but the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied And grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
02_EXO_01_13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
02_EXO_01_14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, And in brick, And in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [ was] with rigour.
02_EXO_01_15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [ was] Shiphrah, And the name of the other Puah:
02_EXO_01_16 And he said, when ye do the office of A midwife to the Hebrew women, And see [ them] upon the stools; if it [ be] A son, Then ye shall kill him: but if it [ be] A daughter, Then she shall live.
02_EXO_01_17 but the midwives feared God, And did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
02_EXO_01_18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, And said unto them, why have ye done this thing, And have saved the men children alive?
02_EXO_01_19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, because the Hebrew women [ are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [ are] lively, And are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
02_EXO_01_20 therefore God dealt Well with the midwives: And the people multiplied, And waxed very mighty.
02_EXO_01_21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
02_EXO_01_22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, every son that Is born ye shall cast into the river, And every daughter ye shall save alive.