Exodus 1

1 Now, these, are the names of the Sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, with Jacob, did each man and his household come in: —

And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt; each man and his household have come with Jacob:

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3 Issachar, Zebulon, and Benjamin;

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 And it came to pass that all the persons who were descended from Jacob were seventy souls, —but, Joseph, was already in Egypt.

And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as for Joseph, he was in Egypt.

6 So then Joseph died and all his brethren, and all that generation.

And Joseph dies, and all his brothers, and all that generation;

7 But the sons of Israel, were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and waxed mighty, with exceeding vigour, —so that the land was filled with them.

and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very, very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

8 Then arose a new king over Egypt, —who had not known Joseph.

And there rises a new king over Egypt, who has not known Joseph,

9 So he said, unto his people, Lo! the people of the sons of Israel are too many and mighty for us!

and he says to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel [are] more numerous and mighty than we.

10 Come on! let us shew ourselves wise with regard to them, lest they so multiply that it shall come to pass when war befalleth us, that they also, shall join themselves unto them who hate us, and shall make war upon us. and then go up out of the land.

Give help! Let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it has come to pass, when war happens, that it has been joined, even it, to those hating us, and has fought against us, and has gone up out of the land.”

11 So they set over them chiefs of tribute, to the end they might humiliate them with their burdens, —and they built store-cities for Pharaoh, even Pithom and Raamses.

And they set princes of tribute over it, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it builds the store-cities of Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh;

12 But the more they were humiliating them, the more, were they multiplying, and, the more, were they breaking forth, so they were filled with alarm because of the sons of Israel.

and as they afflict it, so it multiplies, and so it breaks forth, and they are distressed because of the sons of Israel;

13 And the Egyptians rigorously made the sons of Israel serve;

and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigor,

14 and embittered their lives with harsh service, in clay and in bricks, and in all manner of service in the field, —all their service, wherein they rigorously made them serve.

and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every [kind] of service in the field; all their service in which they have served [is] with rigor.

15 Then said the king of Egypt to the Hebrew midwives, —of whom, the name of the one was, Shiphrah, and, the name of the other Puah; —

And the king of Egypt speaks to the midwives, the Hebrewesses (of whom the name of the first [is] Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),

16 then he said—When ye act as midwives unto the Hebrew women, then shall ye look out for the sex, —If it is, a son, then shall ye kill it, But, if it is, a daughter, then shall it live.

and says, “When you cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children, if it [is] a son, then you have put him to death; and if it [is] a daughter, then she has lived.”

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them, —but suffered the male children to live.

And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt has spoken to them, and they keep the boys alive;

18 Then called the king of Egypt for the midwives, and said to them—Wherefore have ye done this thing, that ye should let the male children live?

and the king of Egypt calls for the midwives and says to them, “Why have you done this thing, and keep the boys alive?”

19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh. Because not like the Egyptian women, are the Hebrew women, for they are full of life, ere yet the midwife can come in unto them, they have given birth,

And the midwives say to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife comes to them—they have borne!”

20 So then God dealt well with the midwives, —and the people multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty.

And God does good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made for them households.

and it comes to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He makes households for them;

22 Then gave Pharaoh command to all his people saying—Every son that is born to the Hebrews, into the river, shall ye cast him; But every daughter, shall ye suffer to live.

and Pharaoh lays a charge on all his people, saying, “Every son who is born—you cast him into the River, and every daughter you keep alive.”