Exodus:1

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* Now these [are ] the names of the sons of Israel , who came into Egypt with Jacob ; each one came in with his household . * Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah , * Issachar , Zebulun , and Benjamin , * Dan and Naphtali , Gad , and Asher . * And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls : for Joseph was in Egypt [already ]. * And Joseph died and all his brethren and all that generation . * And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them . * Now there arose up a new king over Egypt , who knew not Joseph . * And he said unto his people , Behold , the people of the sons of Israel [are ] more and mightier than we . * Now , therefore , let us be wise concerning him , that he not multiply and it come to pass that when war comes , he shall also join with our enemies and fight against us and [so ] leave the land . * Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens . And they built the supply cities for Pharaoh : Pithom and Raamses . * But the more they afflicted them , the more they multiplied and grew , so much that they loathed the sons of Israel . * And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with rigor , * and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage , [making ] mortar and brick and in all manner of service in the field ; all their service , in which they made them serve , [was ] with rigor . * And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives , one of whom was named Shiphrah and another [named ] Puah ; * and he said , When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see [the ] sex , if it [is ] a son , then ye shall kill him ; but if it [is ] a daughter , then she shall live . * But the midwives feared God and did not [do ] as the king of Egypt commanded them but gave the men children their lives . * And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said unto them , Why have ye done this thing and have given the men children their lives ? * And the midwives said unto Pharaoh , Because the Hebrew women [are ] not as the Egyptian women , for they [are ] lively and are delivered before the midwives come in unto them . * Therefore God dealt well with the midwives , and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty . * And it came to pass because the midwives feared God , that he made them houses . * Then Pharaoh charged all his people , saying , Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river , and every daughter ye shall give them their lives .:

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