Exodus 1

1 ♥ 📝 N ow these are the names^H8034 of the sons^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 who came^H935 into Egypt^H4714 (every man^H376 and his household^H1004 came^H935 with Jacob):^H3290

2 ♥ 📝 Reuben,^H7205 Simeon,^H8095 Levi,^H3878 and Judah,^H3063

3 ♥ 📝 Issachar,^H3485 Zebulun,^H2074 and Benjamin,^H1144

4 ♥ 📝 Dan^H1835 and Naphtali,^H5321 Gad^H1410 and Asher.^H836

5 ♥ 📝 And all the souls^H5315 that came out^H3318 of the loins^H3409 of Jacob^H3290 were seventy^H7657 souls:^H5315 and Joseph^H3130 was in Egypt^H4714 already.

6 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 died,^H4191 and all his brethren,^H251 and all that generation.^H1755

7 ♥ 📝 And the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 were fruitful,^H6509 and increased abundantly,^H8317 and multiplied,^H7235 and waxed exceeding^H3966 mighty;^H6105 and the land^H776 was filled^H4390 with them.

8 ♥ 📝 Now there arose^H6965 a new^H2319 king^H4428 over Egypt,^H4714 who knew^H3045 not Joseph.^H3130

9 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto his people,^H5971 Behold, the people^H5971 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 are more^H7227 and mightier^H6099 than we:

10 ♥ 📝 come,^H3051 let us deal wisely^H2449 with them, lest they multiply,^H7235 and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out^H7122 any war,^H4421 they^H1931 also join^H3254 themselves unto our enemies,^H8130 and fight^H3898 against us, and get them up^H5927 out of the land.^H776

11 ♥ 📝 Therefore they did set^H7760 over them taskmasters^H4522 to afflict^H6031 them with their burdens.^H5450 And they built^H1129 for Pharaoh^H6547 store-cities,^H4543 Pithom^H6619 and Raamses.^H7486

12 ♥ 📝 But the more they afflicted^H6031 them, the more^H3651 they multiplied^H7235 and the more they spread abroad.^H6555 And they were grieved^H6973 because^H6440 of the children^H1121 of Israel.^H3478

13 ♥ 📝 And the Egyptians^H4714 made^H5647 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 to serve^H5647 with rigor:^H6531

14 ♥ 📝 and they made^H4843 their lives^H2416 bitter^H4843 with hard^H7186 service,^H5656 in mortar^H2563 and in brick,^H3843 and in all manner of service^H5656 in the field,^H7704 all their service,^H5656 wherein they made them serve^H5647 with rigor.^H6531

15 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 spake^H559 to the Hebrew^H5680 midwives,^H3205 of whom the name^H8034 of the one^H259 was Shiphrah,^H8236 and the name^H8034 of the other^H8145 Puah:^H6326

16 ♥ 📝 and he said,^H559 When ye do the office of a midwife^H3205 to the Hebrew women,^H5680 and see^H7200 them upon the birth-stool;^H70 if it be a son,^H1121 then ye shall kill^H4191 him; but if it be a daughter,^H1323 then she shall live.^H2425

17 ♥ 📝 But the midwives^H3205 feared^H3372 God,^H430 and did^H6213 not as the king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 commanded^H1696 them, but saved^H2421 the men-children^H3206 alive.^H2421

18 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 called^H7121 for the midwives,^H3205 and said^H559 unto them, Why^H4069 have ye done^H6213 this thing,^H1697 and have saved^H2421 the men-children^H3206 alive?^H2421

19 ♥ 📝 And the midwives^H3205 said^H559 unto Pharaoh,^H6547 Because the Hebrew^H5680 women^H802 are not as the Egyptian women;^H4713 for they are lively,^H2422 and are delivered^H3205 ere^H2962 the midwife^H3205 come unto^H935 them.

20 ♥ 📝 And God^H430 dealt well^H3190 with the midwives:^H3205 and the people^H5971 multiplied,^H7235 and waxed very^H3966 mighty.^H6105

21 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, because the midwives^H3205 feared^H3372 God,^H430 that he made^H6213 them households.^H1004

22 ♥ 📝 And Pharaoh^H6547 charged^H6680 all his people,^H5971 saying,^H559 Every son^H1121 that is born^H3209 ye shall cast^H7993 into the river,^H2975 and every daughter^H1323 ye shall save alive.^H2421