Exodus 1:1-7 ▼

1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt--each man with his household entered with Jacob:

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

5 All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,

6 and in time Joseph and his brothers and all that generation died.

7 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.