Exodus 1:1-7 ▼

1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who, accompanied by their households, entered into Egypt with Jacob:

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;

3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;

4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5 The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants was seventy. Joseph was already in Egypt.

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and that whole generation died.

7 But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific. They multiplied and became so very numerous that the land was filled with them.