rwbs@Exodus:1:1 @ Now these the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
rwbs@Exodus:1:5 @ And all the souls that descended from Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt. (note:)loins: Hebrews. thigh(:note)
rwbs@Exodus:1:6 @ And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
rwbs@Exodus:1:7 @ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
rwbs@Exodus:1:8 @ Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
rwbs@Exodus:1:9 @ And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel more and mightier than we:
rwbs@Exodus:1:10 @ Come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it shall come to pass, that, when war happeneth, they will join with our enemies, and fight against us, and depart from the land.
rwbs@Exodus:1:11 @ Therefore they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
rwbs@Exodus:1:12 @ But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. (note:)But…: Hebrews. And as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc(:note)
rwbs@Exodus:1:13 @ And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
rwbs@Exodus:1:14 @ And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, in which they made them serve, with rigour.
rwbs@Exodus:1:15 @ And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of one Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
rwbs@Exodus:1:16 @ And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see upon the stools; if it a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it a daughter, then she shall live.
rwbs@Exodus:1:17 @ But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the males alive.
rwbs@Exodus:1:18 @ And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the males alive?
rwbs@Exodus:1:19 @ And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women not as the Egyptian women; for they lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them.
rwbs@Exodus:1:20 @ Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
rwbs@Exodus:1:21 @ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
rwbs@Exodus:1:22 @ 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.