Exodus 1
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel [God prevails], who came into Egypt [Abode of slavery] (every man and his household came with Jacob [Supplanter]):
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Reuben [See, a son!], Simeon [Hearing], Levi [United with], and Judah [Praised],
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Issachar [Hire, Reward], Zebulun [Living together], and Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south],
4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
Dan [He judged] and Naphtali [My wrestling], Gad [Good fortune] and Asher [Happy].
5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
All the souls who came out of Jacob [Supplanter]’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph [May he add] was in Egypt [Abode of slavery] already.
6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
Joseph [May he add] died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
The children of Israel [God prevails] were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
Now there arose a new king over Egypt [Abode of slavery], who didn’t know Joseph [May he add].
9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel [God prevails] are more and mightier than we.
10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel [God prevails].
13 They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
The Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] ruthlessly made the children of Israel [God prevails] serve,
14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
The king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] spoke to the Hebrew [Immigrant] midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew [Immigrant] women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] ordered them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
The king of Egypt [Abode of slavery] called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?”
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew [Immigrant] women are not like the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery] women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
Pharaoh enjoined all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
