1These are the names of the sons of…
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all,…
6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all…
7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly;…
8Then a new king, who did not know…
9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites…
10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or…
11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites…
12But the more they were oppressed, the more…
13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
14and made their lives bitter with hard labor…
15Then the king of Egypt said to the…
16“When you help the Hebrew women give birth,…
17The midwives, however, feared God and did not…
18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives…
19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are…
20So God was good to the midwives, and…
21And because the midwives feared God, He gave…
22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son…
