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1 Estes são os nomes dos filhos de Israel que entraram em Egito com Jacó; cada um entrou com sua família:
And these [are] [the] names of [the] sons of Israel who went Egypt towards with Jacob everyone and household his they went.
2 Rúben, Simeão, Levi e Judá;
Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah.
3 Issacar, Zebulom e Benjamim;
Issachar Zebulun and Benjamin.
4 Dã e Naftali, Gade e Aser.
Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher.
5 Assim, todas as pessoas que descenderam do corpo de Jacó foram setenta. Porém José estava no Egito.
And it was every person [who] came out of [the] thigh of Jacob seventy person[s] and Joseph he was in Egypt.
6 Depois que morreram José, todos os seus irmãos, e toda aquela geração,
And he died Joseph and all brothers his and all the generation that.
7 os filhos de Israel cresceram e multiplicaram, e foram aumentados e fortalecidos grandemente; de maneira que a terra encheu-se deles.
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 Levantou-se, entretanto, um novo rei sobre o Egito, que não conhecia José.
And he arose a king new over Egypt who not he knew Joseph.
9 Ele disse ao seu povo: Eis que o povo dos filhos de Israel é maior e mais forte que nós;
And he said to people his here! [the] people of [the] people of Israel [is] numerous and mighty more than us.
10 Agora, pois, sejamos astutos para com ele, a fim de que não se multiplique, e aconteça que caso venha guerra, ele se alie aos nossos inimigos, lute contra nós, e saia desta terra.
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 Então puseram sobre [o povo de Israel] capatazes para os oprimirem com trabalhos forçados; e edificaram a Faraó as cidades de armazenamento, Pitom e Ramessés.
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 Porém, quanto mais os oprimiam, mais se multiplicavam e cresciam. Por isso eles detestavam os filhos de Israel.
And just as people afflicted it so it increased and so it spread and people felt dread because of [the] people of Israel.
13 Assim os egípcios fizeram os filhos de Israel servirem duramente,
And they compelled to labor Egypt [the] people of Israel with harshness.
14 e amargaram a vida deles com dura servidão, em fazerem barro e tijolos, em todo trabalho do campo, e em todo o seu serviço, ao qual os obrigavam com rigor.
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 E o rei do Egito falou às parteiras das hebreias, uma das quais se chamava Sifrá, e outra Puá, e disse-lhes:
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 Quando fizerdes o parto das hebreias, e olhardes os assentos, se for filho, matai-o; e se for filha, então viva.
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 Mas as parteiras temeram a Deus, e não fizeram como o rei do Egito lhes mandara; em vez disso, preservaram a vida dos meninos.
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 E o rei do Egito mandou chamar às parteiras e lhes perguntou: Por que fizestes isto, que preservastes a vida dos meninos?
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 As parteiras responderam a Faraó: As mulheres hebreias não são como as egípcias; pois são fortes, de maneira que dão à luz antes que a parteira chegue a elas.
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 E Deus fez bem às parteiras. E o povo se multiplicou, e se fortaleceu muito.
And he did good God to the midwives and it increased the people and they became mighty exceedingly.
21 E por as parteiras terem temido a Deus, ele constituiu famílias a elas.
And it was that they feared the midwives God and he appointed for them households.
22 Então Faraó deu a todo o seu povo a seguinte ordem: Lançai no rio todo filho que nascer, e a toda filha preservai a vida.
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!
