Exodus 1

1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.

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 All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

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

6 Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

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

7 And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of 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 Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

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

9 And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

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

10 Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

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 they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

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 cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

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

13 And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

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

14 And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

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 And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other 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 are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

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 But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

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 And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

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 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

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 And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

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

21 And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

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

22 And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

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!