Exodus 1
1 NOW THESE are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household:
haec sunt nomina filiorum Israhel qui ingressi sunt Aegyptum cum Iacob singuli cum domibus suis introierunt
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Ruben Symeon Levi Iuda
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Isachar Zabulon et Beniamin
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Dan et Nepthalim Gad et Aser
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
erant igitur omnes animae eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Iacob septuaginta Ioseph autem in Aegypto erat
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
quo mortuo et universis fratribus eius omnique cognatione illa
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
filii Israhel creverunt et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt ac roborati nimis impleverunt terram
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
surrexit interea rex novus super Aegyptum qui ignorabat Ioseph
9 And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
et ait ad populum suum ecce populus filiorum Israhel multus et fortior nobis
10 come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.'
venite sapienter opprimamus eum ne forte multiplicetur et si ingruerit contra nos bellum addatur inimicis nostris expugnatisque nobis egrediatur e terra
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
praeposuit itaque eis magistros operum ut adfligerent eos oneribus aedificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni Phiton et Ramesses
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel.
quantoque opprimebant eos tanto magis multiplicabantur et crescebant
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.
oderantque filios Israhel Aegyptii et adfligebant inludentes eis
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti et lateris omnique famulatu quo in terrae operibus premebantur
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;
dixit autem rex Aegypti obsetricibus Hebraeorum quarum una vocabatur Sephra altera Phua
16 and he said: 'When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.'
praecipiens eis quando obsetricabitis Hebraeas et partus tempus advenerit si masculus fuerit interficite illum si femina reservate
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
timuerunt autem obsetrices Deum et non fecerunt iuxta praeceptum regis Aegypti sed conservabant mares
18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them: 'Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?'
quibus ad se accersitis rex ait quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis ut pueros servaretis
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'
quae responderunt non sunt hebraeae sicut aegyptiae mulieres ipsae enim obsetricandi habent scientiam et priusquam veniamus ad eas pariunt
20 And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
bene ergo fecit Deus obsetricibus et crevit populus confortatusque est nimis
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
et quia timuerant obsetrices Deum aedificavit illis domos
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying: 'Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.'
praecepit autem Pharao omni populo suo dicens quicquid masculini sexus natum fuerit in flumen proicite quicquid feminei reservate
