Exodus 1

1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

And these [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Israel who went Egypt towards with Jacob everyone and household his they went.

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.

3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.

4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.

5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

And it was every person [who] came out of [the] thigh of Jacob seventy person[s] and Joseph he was in Egypt.

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

And he died Joseph and all brothers his and all the generation that.

7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

And [the] people of Israel they were fruitful and they swarmed and they multiplied and they became mighty with muchness muchness and it was filled the land with them.

8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

And he arose a king new over Egypt who not he knew Joseph.

9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

And he said to people his here! [the] people of [the] people of Israel [is] numerous and mighty more than us.

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.”

Give! let us deal wisely to it lest it should increase and it will be that they will happen war and it will be added also it to [those who] hate us and it will fight against us and it will go up from 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.

And they appointed over it overseers of slave gangs so as to afflict it with forced labor their and it built cities of storage for Pharaoh Pithom and Rameses.

12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

And just as people afflicted it so it increased and so it spread and people felt dread because of [the] people of Israel.

13 They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

And they compelled to labor Egypt [the] people of Israel with harshness.

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 bitter lives their with labor hard in mortar and in bricks and in all labor in the field all labor their which they labored by them with harshness.

15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

And he said [the] king of Egypt to the midwives Hebrew who [the] name of the one [was] Shiphrah and [the] name of the second [was] 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 assist as midwife you the Hebrew [women] and you will look at the stones if [is] a son he and you will kill him and if [is] a daughter she and she will live.

17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

And they feared the midwives God and not they did just as he had spoken to them [the] king of Egypt and they let live the [male] children.

18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

And he summoned [the] king of Egypt the midwives and he said to them why? have you done the thing this and have you let live? the [male] children.

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.”

And they said the midwives to Pharaoh for not [are] like the women Egyptian the Hebrew [women] that [are] vigorous they before she comes to them the midwife and they give birth.

20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

And he did good God to the midwives and it increased the people and they became mighty exceedingly.

21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

And it was that they feared the midwives God and he appointed for them households.

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.”

And he commanded Pharaoh to all people his saying every son born the River towards you will throw him and every daughter you will let live!