Exodus 1

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

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:

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, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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

All the people who were descendants of Jacob were seventy in number. Joseph was already in Egypt.

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

Then Joseph, all his brothers, and all that generation died.

7 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.

The Israelites were fruitful, increased greatly in numbers, and became very strong; the land was filled with them.

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

Now then a new king arose over Egypt, one who did not know about Joseph.

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

He said to his people, “Look, the Israelites are more numerous and stronger than we are.

10 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.

Come, let us deal with them wisely, otherwise they will continue to grow in numbers, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the land.”

11 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.

So they put taskmasters over them to oppress them with hard labor. The Israelites built store cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Rameses.

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

But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites increased in numbers and spread. So the Egyptians began to dread the Israelites.

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

The Egyptians made the Israelites work rigorously.

14 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.

They made their lives bitter with hard service with mortar and brick, and with all kinds of work in the fields. All their required work was hard.

15 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.

Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives; the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the other Puah.

16 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.

He said, “When you assist the Hebrew women on the birthstool, observe when they give birth. If it is a son, then you must kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she may live.”

17 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.

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt ordered them; instead, they let the baby boys live.

18 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.

The king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the baby boys live?”

19 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.

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. They are vigorous and have finished giving birth before a midwife comes to them.”

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

God protected these midwives. The people increased in numbers and became very strong.

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

Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

22 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!

Pharaoh ordered all his people, “You must throw every son that is born into the river, but every daughter you will let live.”