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1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
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1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
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2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
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2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
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3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
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3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
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4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
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4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
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5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
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5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
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6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
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6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
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7 but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
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7 but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
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8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
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8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
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9 "Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
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9 "Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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.
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12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
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12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
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13 and worked them ruthlessly.
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13 and worked them ruthlessly.
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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.
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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.
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15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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.
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18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
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18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
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19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive."
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19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive."
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20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
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20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
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21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
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21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
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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."
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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."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
