اَلْخُرُوجُ 1
| وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ. مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ جَاءَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَبَيْتُهُ: | ١ 1 |
The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were
| رَأُوبَيْنُ وَشِمْعُونُ وَلَاوِي وَيَهُوذَا | ٢ 2 |
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
| وَيَسَّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ وَبَنْيَامِينُ | ٣ 3 |
Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
| وَدَانُ وَنَفْتَالِي وَجَادُ وَأَشِيرُ. | ٤ 4 |
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
| وَكَانَتْ جَمِيعُ نُفُوسِ ٱلْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ سَبْعِينَ نَفْسًا. وَلَكِنْ يُوسُفُ كَانَ فِي مِصْرَ. | ٥ 5 |
Altogether there were 70 people [who went with] Jacob. That included his [sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons]. [His son] Joseph was already in Egypt.
| وَمَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَكُلُّ إِخْوَتِهِ وَجَمِيعُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْجِيلِ. | ٦ 6 |
[Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.
| وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَثْمَرُوا وَتَوَالَدُوا وَنَمَوْا وَكَثُرُوا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، وَٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ. | ٧ 7 |
But Jacob’s descendants kept giving birth to many children [IDM]. The number [of his descendants] kept becoming larger and larger. As a result, there were so many of them that they were everywhere in Egypt (OR, that they [became a threat] to the Egyptians).
| ثُمَّ قَامَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ عَلَى مِصْرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ يُوسُفَ. | ٨ 8 |
Then [several hundred years later], a new king began to rule [MTY] in Egypt. He did not know [what] Joseph [had done for the people of Egypt long ago].
| فَقَالَ لِشَعْبِهِ: «هُوَذَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبٌ أَكْثَرُ وَأَعْظَمُ مِنَّا. | ٩ 9 |
He said to his people, “Look [at what has happened]! The Israeli people have become so numerous and so powerful that they [now might conquer] us!
| هَلُمَّ نَحْتَالُ لَهُمْ لِئَلَّا يَنْمُوا، فَيَكُونَ إِذَا حَدَثَتْ حَرْبٌ أَنَّهُمْ يَنْضَمُّونَ إِلَى أَعْدَائِنَا وَيُحَارِبُونَنَا وَيَصْعَدُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ١٠ 10 |
We must find a way to control them! If we do not do that, their population will continue to grow. Then, if enemies [PRS] attack us, they will join with our enemies and fight against us, and they will escape from [our] land.”
| فَجَعَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ رُؤَسَاءَ تَسْخِيرٍ لِكَيْ يُذِلُّوهُمْ بِأَثْقَالِهِمْ، فَبَنَوْا لِفِرْعَوْنَ مَدِينَتَيْ مَخَازِنَ: فِيثُومَ، وَرَعَمْسِيسَ. | ١١ 11 |
So [the king and his officials] put supervisors over the Israeli people to cause them to suffer very much by [forcing them] to work very hard. They forced [the Israeli people to] build [two] cities, Pithom and Ramses, in which to store [supplies for the king/government].
| وَلَكِنْ بِحَسْبِمَا أَذَلُّوهُمْ هَكَذَا نَمَوْا وَٱمْتَدُّوا. فَٱخْتَشَوْا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٢ 12 |
But the more cruelly they treated the [Israeli people], the bigger the Israeli [population] grew, and they became more numerous all over [the land]. So the Egyptian people began to be afraid of the Israeli people.
| فَٱسْتَعْبَدَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعُنْفٍ، | ١٣ 13 |
They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,
| وَمَرَّرُوا حَيَاتَهُمْ بِعُبُودِيَّةٍ قَاسِيَةٍ فِي ٱلطِّينِ وَٱللِّبْنِ وَفِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. كُلِّ عَمَلِهِمِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلُوهُ بِوَاسِطَتِهِمْ عُنْفًا. | ١٤ 14 |
and by making them slaves, they made their lives miserable. They [forced them] to [build many buildings with] mortar and bricks. [They also forced them to do] other work in the fields. [In making them do all this work, the Egyptian officials treated them] ruthlessly/cruelly.
| وَكَلَّمَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ قَابِلَتَيِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ ٱللَّتَيْنِ ٱسْمُ إِحْدَاهُمَا شِفْرَةُ وَٱسْمُ ٱلْأُخْرَى فُوعَةُ، | ١٥ 15 |
There were two Hebrew (midwives/women who helped the women when they were giving birth). [Hebrew means the same as Israeli.] The names of the women were Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt said to [those two women],
| وَقَالَ: «حِينَمَا تُوَلِّدَانِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ وَتَنْظُرَانِهِنَّ عَلَى ٱلْكَرَاسِيِّ، إِنْ كَانَ ٱبْنًا فَٱقْتُلَاهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بِنْتًا فَتَحْيَا». | ١٦ 16 |
“When you help the Hebrew women when they are giving birth [MTY], if [the baby that is born] is a boy, you must kill it. If [the baby] is a girl, you (may let it live/do not have to kill them).”
| وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ خَافَتَا ٱللهَ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلَا كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، بَلِ ٱسْتَحْيَتَا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ. | ١٧ 17 |
But the midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to live.
| فَدَعَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «لِمَاذَا فَعَلْتُمَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ وَٱسْتَحْيَيْتُمَا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ؟» | ١٨ 18 |
So the king summoned the [two] midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?”
| فَقَالَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَتَانِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنَّ ٱلنِّسَاءَ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ لَسْنَ كَٱلْمِصْرِيَّاتِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ قَوِيَّاتٌ يَلِدْنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَةُ». | ١٩ 19 |
[One of] the midwives replied to the king, “[You need to realize that] the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. The Hebrew women are very strong/healthy. They give birth [to their babies] before we can get to them [to help them].”
| فَأَحْسَنَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ، وَنَمَا ٱلشَّعْبُ وَكَثُرَ جِدًّا. | ٢٠ 20 |
So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.
| وَكَانَ إِذْ خَافَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَتَانِ ٱللهَ أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ لَهُمَا بُيُوتًا. | ٢١ 21 |
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
| ثُمَّ أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ جَمِيعَ شَعْبِهِ قَائِلًا: «كُلُّ ٱبْنٍ يُولَدُ تَطْرَحُونَهُ فِي ٱلنَّهْرِ، لَكِنَّ كُلَّ بِنْتٍ تَسْتَحْيُونَهَا». | ٢٢ 22 |
Then the king commanded all (the [Egyptian] people/his [advisors]): “You must throw into the Nile [River] every baby boy born that the [Hebrew women] give birth to! But you can allow the baby girls to live.”
