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Exodus 1
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1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:TOSKExodus 1:1
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2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;TOSKExodus 1:2
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3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;TOSKExodus 1:3
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4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.TOSKExodus 1:4
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5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.TOSKExodus 1:5
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6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,TOSKExodus 1:6
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7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.IPActs 19:20 Acts 6:7 Genesis 1:28CExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:7TTIsrael (Corporate New-Adam)
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8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.CExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:8
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9 "Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.CExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:9
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10 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."CExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:10
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11 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.CExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:11
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12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.CExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:12
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13 They worked the Israelites ruthlesslyCExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:13
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14 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.CExodus 1:7-14TOSKExodus 1:14
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15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:15
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16 "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."CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:16
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17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:17
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18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:18
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19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives."CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:19
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20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:20
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21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:21
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22 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."CExodus 1:15-22TOSKExodus 1:22