Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 Now these <em>are</em> the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; each one came in with his household.
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These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
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Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt <em>already</em>.
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The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 And Joseph died and all his brethren and all that generation.
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Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
7 And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
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Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel <em>are</em> more and mightier than we.
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“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us.
10 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 <em>so</em> leave the land.
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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.”
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built the supply cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
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So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, so much that they loathed the sons of Israel.
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But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
13 And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with rigor,
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and worked them ruthlessly.
14 and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, <em>making</em> mortar and brick and in all manner of service in the field; all their service, in which they made them serve, <em>was</em> with rigor.
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They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and another <em>named</em> Puah;
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The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
16 and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see <em>the</em> sex, if it <em>is</em> a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it <em>is</em> a daughter, then she shall live.
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“When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”
17 But the midwives feared God and did not <em>do</em> as the king of Egypt commanded them but gave the men children their lives.
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The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
18 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?
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Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women <em>are</em> not as the Egyptian women, for they <em>are</em> lively and are delivered before the midwives come in unto them.
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The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty.
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So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
21 And it came to pass because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
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And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
22 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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Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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