Exodus 1:1-14 ▼

1 These are the names of the children of Israel, whiche came into Egypt with Iacob, euery ma came with his housholde:

2 Ruben, Simeon, Leui, and Iuda:

3 Isachar, Zabulon, and Beniamin,

4 Dan and Nephthali, Gad & Aser.

5 All the soules that came out of the line of Iacob, were seuentie:

6 But Ioseph was in Egypt alredy, & Ioseph dyed, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7 And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them.

8 But there arose vp a newe kyng in Egypt, which knewe not Ioseph:

9 And he sayde vnto his folke, Beholde, the people of the chyldren of Israel are greater and myghtier then we.

10 Come on, let vs deale wyttyly with the, lest they multiplie, & lest it come to passe, that if there be any warre, they ioyne them selues vnto our enemies, & fight agaynst vs, & so get them vp out of ye land.

11 Therfore dyd they set taske maisters ouer them, to kepe the vnder with burthens: And they buylt vnto Pharao treasure cities, Pithom & Raamses.

12 But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grewe: so that they abhorred at the syght of the chyldren of Israel.

13 And the Egyptians helde the children of Israel in bondage without mercie,

14 And they made their lyues bytter vnto them in that cruell bondage, in claye, and bricke, and all maner of worke in the fielde: for all their bondage wherein they serued them was ful of tirannie.