Exodus 1

1 haec sunt nomina filiorum Israhel qui ingressi sunt Aegyptum cum Iacob singuli cum domibus suis introierunt

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt with Jacob, every man and his household they came.

2 Ruben Symeon Levi Iuda

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3 Isachar Zabulon et Beniamin

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 Dan et Nepthalim Gad et Aser

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 erant igitur omnes animae eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Iacob septuaginta Ioseph autem in Aegypto erat

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; together with Joseph who was already in Egypt.

6 quo mortuo et universis fratribus eius omnique cognatione illa

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

7 filii Israhel creverunt et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt ac roborati nimis impleverunt terram

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8 surrexit interea rex novus super Aegyptum qui ignorabat Ioseph

Now there rose up a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

9 et ait ad populum suum ecce populus filiorum Israhel multus et fortior nobis

And he said unto his people: Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and mightier than we.

10 venite sapienter opprimamus eum ne forte multiplicetur et si ingruerit contra nos bellum addatur inimicis nostris expugnatisque nobis egrediatur e terra

Come, let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there happen to be a war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and depart out of the land.

11 praeposuit itaque eis magistros operum ut adfligerent eos oneribus aedificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni Phiton et Ramesses

And they set over taskmasters, to afflict them with their burdensome labors; and they built treasure cities, for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

12 quantoque opprimebant eos tanto magis multiplicabantur et crescebant

But in the measure that they afflicted them, so they multiplied and so they spread out; and they felt abhorrence because of the children of Israel.

13 oderantque filios Israhel Aegyptii et adfligebant inludentes eis

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to labor with rigor:

14 atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti et lateris omnique famulatu quo in terrae operibus premebantur

And they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar, and in bricks, and in all manner of labor in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them labor with rigor.

15 dixit autem rex Aegypti obsetricibus Hebraeorum quarum una vocabatur Sephra altera Phua

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

16 praecipiens eis quando obsetricabitis Hebraeas et partus tempus advenerit si masculus fuerit interficite illum si femina reservate

And he said: When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birth; if it be a son, then shall ye kill him; but if it be a daughter, then may she live.

17 timuerunt autem obsetrices Deum et non fecerunt iuxta praeceptum regis Aegypti sed conservabant mares

But the midwives feared God, and they did not as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

18 quibus ad se accersitis rex ait quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis ut pueros servaretis

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and he said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?

19 quae responderunt non sunt hebraeae sicut aegyptiae mulieres ipsae enim obsetricandi habent scientiam et priusquam veniamus ad eas pariunt

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively; ere the midwife cometh in unto them they are delivered.

20 bene ergo fecit Deus obsetricibus et crevit populus confortatusque est nimis

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

21 et quia timuerant obsetrices Deum aedificavit illis domos

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

22 praecepit autem Pharao omni populo suo dicens quicquid masculini sexus natum fuerit in flumen proicite quicquid feminei reservate

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.