These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob , each - with his family :
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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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The descendants of Jacob ... ... numbered seventy in all ... , including Joseph , who was already in Egypt.
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Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died ,
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but the Israelites ... were fruitful and increased rapidly ; they multiplied and became exceedingly ... numerous , so that the land ... was filled with them.
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Then a new king , who did not know - Joseph , came to power in Egypt.
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“ Look , ” he said to his people , “ the Israelites ... ... (have become) too numerous and too powerful for us.
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Come , let us deal shrewdly or they will increase even more ; and if ... a war breaks out , they ... may join ... our enemies , fight and leave ... the country. ”
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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 -.
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- But the more they were oppressed , - - the more they multiplied ... and flourished ; so the Egyptians came to dread ... the Israelites ....
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They worked ... - the Israelites ... Ruth -lessly
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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.
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Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives , vvv whose names were Shiphrah ... and Puah ,
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- “ 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. ”
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The midwives, however , - feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed ... ; they let the boys live. -
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So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked “ Why have you done ... this ? Why have you let the boys live ? ” -
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The midwives answered ... Pharaoh , “ The Hebrew women ... are not like the Egyptian women , for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives .... ”
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So God was good to the midwives , and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
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- And because the midwives - feared God , He gave families of their own.
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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. ”
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