Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names8034 of the sons1121 of Israel,3478 who came935 into Egypt4714 (every man376 and his household1004 came935 with Jacob):3290 cr 2 Reuben,7205 Simeon,8095 Levi,3878 and Judah,3063 cr 3 Issachar,3485 Zebulun,2074 and Benjamin,1144 cr 4 Dan1835 and Naphtali,5321 Gad1410 and Asher.836 cr 5 And all the souls5315 that came out3318 of the loins3409 of Jacob3290 were seventy7657 souls:5315 and Joseph3130 was in Egypt already.4714 cr 6 And Joseph3130 died,4191 and all his brethren,251 and all that generation.1755 cr 7 And the children1121 of Israel3478 were fruitful,6509 and increased abundantly,8317 and multiplied,7235 and waxed exceeding3966 mighty;6105 and the land776 was filled with them.4390 cr

Exodus 1:8 Now there arose6965 a new2319 king4428 over Egypt,4714 who knew3045 not Joseph.3130 cr 9 And he said559 unto his people,5971 Behold, the people5971 of the children1121 of Israel3478 are more7227{Or, too many and too mighty for us} and mightier than we:6099 cr 10 come,3051 let us deal wisely2449 with them, lest they multiply,7235 and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out7122 any war,4421 they1931 also join3254 themselves unto our enemies,8130 and fight3898 against us, and get them up5927 out of the land.776 cr 11 Therefore they did set7760 over them taskmasters4522 to afflict6031 them with their burdens.5450 And they built1129 for Pharaoh6547 store-cities,4543 Pithom6619 and Raamses.7486 cr 12 But the more they afflicted6031 them, the more3651 they multiplied7235 and the more they spread abroad.6555 And they were{Or, abhorred} grieved6973 because6440 of the children1121 of Israel.3478 cr 13 And the Egyptians4714 made5647 the children1121 of Israel3478 to serve5647 with rigor:6531 cr 14 and they made4843 their lives2416 bitter4843 with hard7186 service,5656 in mortar2563 and in brick,3843 and in all manner of service5656 in the field,7704 all their service,5656 wherein they made them serve5647 with rigor.6531 cr

Exodus 1:15 And the king4428 of Egypt4714 spake559 to the Hebrew5680 midwives,3205 of whom the name8034 of the one259 was Shiphrah,8236 and the name8034 of the other8145 Puah:6326 cr 16 and he said,559 When ye do the office of a midwife3205 to the Hebrew women,5680 and see7200 them upon the birth-stool;70 if it be a son,1121 then ye shall kill4191 him; but if it be a daughter,1323 then she shall live.2425 cr 17 But the midwives3205 feared3372 God,430 and did6213 not as the king4428 of Egypt4714 commanded1696 them, but saved2421 the men-children3206 alive.2421 cr 18 And the king4428 of Egypt4714 called7121 for the midwives,3205 and said559 unto them, Why4069 have ye done6213 this thing,1697 and have saved2421 the men-children3206 alive?2421 cr 19 And the midwives3205 said559 unto Pharaoh,6547 Because the Hebrew5680 women802 are not as the Egyptian women;4713 for they are lively,2422 and are delivered3205 ere2962 the midwife3205 come unto them.935 cr 20 And God430 dealt well3190 with the midwives:3205 and the people5971 multiplied,7235 and waxed very3966 mighty.6105 cr 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives3205 feared3372 God,430 that he made6213 them households.1004 cr 22 And Pharaoh6547 charged6680 all his people,5971 saying,559 Every son1121 that is born3209 ye shall cast7993 into the river,2975 and every daughter1323 ye shall save alive.2421 cr