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1These are the names of the Israelis who entered Egypt with Jacob, each one having come with his family:

1These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3Issacar, Zebulun, Benjamin,

3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5All those who descended from Jacob totaled 75 persons. Now Joseph was already in Egypt.

5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

6Then Joseph, all his brothers, and that entire generation died.

6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

7But the Israelis were fruitful and increased abundantly. They multiplied in numbers and became very, very strong. As a result, the land was filled with them.

7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

8Eventually a new king who was unacquainted with Joseph came to power in Egypt.

8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

9He told his people, "Look, the Israeli people are more numerous and more powerful than we are.

9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

10Come on, let's be careful how we treat them, so that when they grow numerous, if a war breaks out they won't join our enemies, fight against us, and leave our land."

10Come, 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.”

11So the Egyptians placed supervisors over them, oppressing them with heavy burdens. The Israelis built the supply cities of Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh.

11So 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.

12But the more the Egyptians afflicted the Israelis, the more they multiplied and flourished, so that the Egyptians became terrified of the Israelis.

12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

13The Egyptians ruthlessly forced the Israelis to serve them,

13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

14making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

14and 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.

15Later, the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah.

15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

16"When you help the Hebrew women give birth," he said, "watch them as they deliver. If it's a son, kill him; but if it's a daughter, let her live."

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.”

17But the midwives feared God and didn't do what the king of Egypt told them. Instead, they let the boys live.

17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

18When the king of Egypt called for the midwives, he asked them, "Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?"

18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

19"Hebrew women aren't like Egyptian women," the midwives replied to Pharaoh. "They're so healthy that they give birth before the midwives arrive to help them."

19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

20God was pleased with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

21Because the midwives feared God, he provided families for them.

21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

22Meanwhile, Pharaoh continued commanding all of his people, "You're to throw every Hebrew son who is born into the Nile River, but you're to allow every Hebrew daughter to live."

22Then 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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