These names of the sons of Israel of the ones entering into Egypt together with Jacob their father; each of them sojourning entered.
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
But Joseph was in Egypt. And were all coming forth from Jacob - five and seventy.
came to an end and all his brothers, and all that generation.
And the sons of Israel grew and multiplied, and extensive and grew strong exceedingly, exceedingly. multiplied of them.
rose up over Egypt who did not know Joseph.
And he said his nation, Behold, the race of the sons of Israel multitude, and they are strong above us.
Come then we should deal subtly with them, lest at any time they should multiply, and whenever to us will add to the opponents, and waging war against us they shall go forth from the land.
And he set to them supervisors over the works, that they might afflict them in their works. And they built cities Pharaoh - Pithom and Raamses, and On which is Heliopolis.
And in so far as they humbled them by so much, many more And they were strong exceedingly, exceedingly. And were abhorred of the sons of Israel.
And tyrannized the sons of Israel
And they grievously afflicted them life in the works in the mortar, and in the making of bricks, and in all the works in the plains, according to all the works which they were reducing them to slavery with force.
And said to the midwives of the Hebrews, to a certain one of them name Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah.
And he said to them, Whenever you act as midwife to the Hebrews, and they should be about to bear, if then it should be a male, you kill it! But if a female, preserve it!
feared God, and they did not do in so far as ordered And they brought forth alive the males.
called the midwives, and said to them, Why you did this thing, and brought forth alive the males?
said to Pharaoh, Not as of Egypt Hebrews, for they give birth before entered and they bear.
good to the midwives. And he multiplied the people, and it became strong exceedingly.
Since feared God, they made to themselves families.
gave orders to all his people, saying, Every male who ever should be born to the Hebrews into and every female bring it forth alive!