1:1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 1 , These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 2 , Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
1:3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 3 , Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
1:4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 4 , Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
1:5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 5 , The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
1:6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 6 , Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
1:7 but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 7 , but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
1:8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 8 , Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
1:9 'Look,' he said to his people, 'the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 9 , 'Look,' he said to his people, 'the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
1:10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.'
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 10 , Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.'
1:11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 11 , So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
1:12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 12 , But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
1:13 and worked them ruthlessly.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 13 , and worked them ruthlessly.
1:14 They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 14 , They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.
1:15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 15 , The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
1:16 'When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.'
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 16 , 'When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.'
1:17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 17 , The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
1:18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, 'Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?'
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 18 , Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, 'Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?'
1:19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, 'Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.'
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 19 , The midwives answered Pharaoh, 'Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.'
1:20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 20 , So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
1:21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 21 , And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
1:22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: 'Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.'
The NIV Book of Exodus , Chapter 1 , Verse 22 , Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: 'Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.'
