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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1These are the names of the Israelis who entered Egypt with Jacob, each one having come with his family: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Issacar, Zebulun, Benjamin, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5All those who descended from Jacob totaled 75 persons. Now Joseph was already in Egypt. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then Joseph, all his brothers, and that entire generation died. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Eventually a new king who was unacquainted with Joseph came to power in Egypt. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He told his people, "Look, the Israeli people are more numerous and more powerful than we are. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11So the Egyptians placed supervisors over them, oppressing them with heavy burdens. The Israelis built the supply cities of Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But the more the Egyptians afflicted the Israelis, the more they multiplied and flourished, so that the Egyptians became terrified of the Israelis. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The Egyptians ruthlessly forced the Israelis to serve them, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Later, the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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." |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17But the midwives feared God and didn't do what the king of Egypt told them. Instead, they let the boys live. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18When the king of Egypt called for the midwives, he asked them, "Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?" |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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." |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20God was pleased with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Because the midwives feared God, he provided families for them. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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." |
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