Exodus 1

1 The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were

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, Judah,

Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.

3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,

Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.

4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.

5 Altogether there were 70 people [who went with] Jacob. That included his [sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons]. [His son] Joseph 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 [Eventually] Joseph and his [older and younger] brothers and everyone [else in their family who lived] (in that generation/at that time) died.

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

7 But Jacob’s descendants kept giving birth to many children [IDM]. The number [of his descendants] kept becoming larger and larger. As a result, there were so many of them that they were everywhere in Egypt (OR, that they [became a threat] to the Egyptians).

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 [several hundred years later], a new king began to rule [MTY] in Egypt. He did not know [what] Joseph [had done for the people of Egypt long ago].

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

9 He said to his people, “Look [at what has happened]! The Israeli people have become so numerous and so powerful that they [now might conquer] us!

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

10 We must find a way to control them! If we do not do that, their population will continue to grow. Then, if enemies [PRS] attack us, they will join with our enemies and fight against us, and they will escape from [our] 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 [the king and his officials] put supervisors over the Israeli people to cause them to suffer very much by [forcing them] to work very hard. They forced [the Israeli people to] build [two] cities, Pithom and Ramses, in which to store [supplies for the king/government].

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 cruelly they treated the [Israeli people], the bigger the Israeli [population] grew, and they became more numerous all over [the land]. So the Egyptian people began to be afraid of the Israeli people.

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 forced the Israeli people to work very hard,

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

14 and by making them slaves, they made their lives miserable. They [forced them] to [build many buildings with] mortar and bricks. [They also forced them to do] other work in the fields. [In making them do all this work, the Egyptian officials treated them] ruthlessly/cruelly.

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 There were two Hebrew (midwives/women who helped the women when they were giving birth). [Hebrew means the same as Israeli.] The names of the women were Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt said to [those two women],

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 when they are giving birth [MTY], if [the baby that is born] is a boy, you must kill it. If [the baby] is a girl, you (may let it live/do not have to kill them).”

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 midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to 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 summoned the [two] midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby 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 [One of] the midwives replied to the king, “[You need to realize that] the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. The Hebrew women are very strong/healthy. They give birth [to their babies] before we can get to them [to help 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 So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the [Hebrew] people became even more numerous and strong.

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

21 Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.

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

22 Then the king commanded all (the [Egyptian] people/his [advisors]): “You must throw into the Nile [River] every baby boy born that the [Hebrew women] give birth to! But you can allow the baby girls 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!