Exodus 1 (ESV)

1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7 But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. 13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves 14 and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves. 15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” 17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live. 18 So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?” 19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” 20 So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

In Other Versions

Exodus 1 in the ANGEFD

Exodus 1 in the ANTPNG2D

Exodus 1 in the AS21

Exodus 1 in the BAGH

Exodus 1 in the BBPNG

Exodus 1 in the BBT1E

Exodus 1 in the BDS

Exodus 1 in the BEV

Exodus 1 in the BHAD

Exodus 1 in the BIB

Exodus 1 in the BLPT

Exodus 1 in the BNT

Exodus 1 in the BNTABOOT

Exodus 1 in the BNTLV

Exodus 1 in the BOATCB

Exodus 1 in the BOATCB2

Exodus 1 in the BOBCV

Exodus 1 in the BOCNT

Exodus 1 in the BOECS

Exodus 1 in the BOGWICC

Exodus 1 in the BOHCB

Exodus 1 in the BOHCV

Exodus 1 in the BOHLNT

Exodus 1 in the BOHNTLTAL

Exodus 1 in the BOICB

Exodus 1 in the BOILNTAP

Exodus 1 in the BOITCV

Exodus 1 in the BOKCV

Exodus 1 in the BOKCV2

Exodus 1 in the BOKHWOG

Exodus 1 in the BOKSSV

Exodus 1 in the BOLCB

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Exodus 1 in the BOMCV

Exodus 1 in the BONAV

Exodus 1 in the BONCB

Exodus 1 in the BONLT

Exodus 1 in the BONUT2

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Exodus 1 in the BOSCB

Exodus 1 in the BOSNC

Exodus 1 in the BOTLNT

Exodus 1 in the BOVCB

Exodus 1 in the BOYCB

Exodus 1 in the BPBB

Exodus 1 in the BPH

Exodus 1 in the BSB

Exodus 1 in the CCB

Exodus 1 in the CUV

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Exodus 1 in the DBT

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Exodus 1 in the ELBE

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Exodus 1 in the HARY

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Exodus 1 in the ISVN

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Exodus 1 in the NET2

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Exodus 1 in the NNT3

Exodus 1 in the PDDPT

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Exodus 1 in the SBIAS

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Exodus 1 in the SBIIS3

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Exodus 1 in the SBITS4

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Exodus 1 in the SBT1E

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Exodus 1 in the TBT1E2

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Exodus 1 in the UGV3

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Exodus 1 in the YALU

Exodus 1 in the YAPE

Exodus 1 in the YBVTP

Exodus 1 in the ZBP