02_EXO_01_01 Now these [ are ] the names of the children of Israel , which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob .
02_EXO_01_02 Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah ,
02_EXO_01_03 Issachar , Zebulun , and Benjamin ,
02_EXO_01_04 Dan , and Naphtali , Gad , and Asher .
02_EXO_01_05 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls : for Joseph was in Egypt [ already ] .
02_EXO_01_06 And Joseph died , and all his brethren , and all that generation .
02_EXO_01_07 And the children of Israel were fruitful , and increased abundantly , and multiplied , and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them .
02_EXO_01_08 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt , which knew not Joseph .
02_EXO_01_09 And he said unto his people , Behold , the people of the children of Israel [ are ] more and mightier than we :
02_EXO_01_10 Come on , let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply , and it come to pass , that , when there falleth out any war , they join also unto our enemies , and fight against us , and [ so ] get them up out of the land .
02_EXO_01_11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens . And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities , Pithom and Raamses .
02_EXO_01_12 But the more they afflicted them , the more they multiplied and grew . And they were grieved because of the children of Israel .
02_EXO_01_13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour :
02_EXO_01_14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage , in mortar , and in brick , and in all manner of service in the field : all their service , wherein they made them serve , [ was ] with rigour .
02_EXO_01_15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives , of which the name of the one [ was ] Shiphrah , and the name of the other Puah :
02_EXO_01_16 And he said , When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women , and see [ them ] upon the stools ; if it [ be ] a son , then ye shall kill him : but if it [ be ] a daughter , then she shall live .
02_EXO_01_17 But the midwives feared God , and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them , but saved the men children alive .
02_EXO_01_18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives , and said unto them , Why have ye done this thing , and have saved the men children alive ?
02_EXO_01_19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh , Because the Hebrew women [ are ] not as the Egyptian women ; for they [ are ] lively , and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them .
02_EXO_01_20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives : and the people multiplied , and waxed very mighty .
02_EXO_01_21 And it came to pass , because the midwives feared God , that he made them houses .
02_EXO_01_22 And Pharaoh charged all his people , saying , Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river , and every daughter ye shall save alive .