Wycliffe - Exodus - 1

1:1  These ben the names of the sones of Israel, that entriden into Egipt with Jacob; alle entriden with her housis;

1:2  Ruben, Symeon,

1:3  Leuy, Judas, Isachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin,

1:4  Dan, and Neptalim, Gad, and Aser.

1:5  Therfor alle the soules of hem that yeden out of `the hipe of Jacob weren seuenti and fyue.

1:6  Forsothe Joseph was in Egipt; and whanne he was deed, and alle hise brithren, and al his kynrede,

1:7  the sones of Israel encreessiden, and weren multiplied as buriounnyng, and thei weren maad strong greetli, and filliden the lond.

1:8  A newe kyng, that knewe not Joseph, roos in the meene tyme on Egipt, and seide to his puple, Lo!

1:9  the puple of the sones of Israel is myche, and strongere than we;

1:10  come ye, wiseli oppresse we it, lest perauenture it be multiplied; and lest, if batel risith ayens vs, it be addid to oure enemyes, and go out of the lond, whanne we ben ouercomun.

1:11  And so he made maistris of werkis souereyns to hem, that thei schulden turmente hem with chargis. And thei maden citees of tabernaclis to Farao, Fiton, and Ramesses.

1:12  And bi hou myche thei oppressiden hem, bi so myche thei weren multiplied, and encreessiden more.

1:13  And Egipcians hatiden the sones of Israel, and turmentiden, and scorneden hem;

1:14  and brouyten her lijf to bitternesse bi hard werkis of cley and to tijl stoon, and bi al seruage, bi which thei weren oppressid in the werkis of erthe.

1:15  Forsothe the kyng of Egipt seide to the mydwyues of Ebrews, of whiche oon was clepid Sefora, the tother Fua;

1:16  and he commaundide to hem, Whanne ye schulen do the office of medewyues to Ebrew wymmen, and the tyme of childberyng schal come, if it is a knaue child, sle ye him; if it is a womman, kepe ye.

1:17  Forsothe the medewyues dredden God, and diden not bi the comaundement of the kyng of Egipt, but kepten knaue children.

1:18  To whiche clepid to hym the kyng seide, What is this thing which ye wolden do, that ye wolden kepe the children?

1:19  Whiche answeriden, Ebrew wymmen ben not as the wymmen of Egipt, for thei han kunnyng of the craft of medewijf, and childen bifore that we comen to hem.

1:20  Therfor God dide wel to medewyues; and the puple encreesside, and was coumfortid greetli.

1:21  And for the mydewyues dredden God, he bildide `housis to hem.

1:22  Therfor Farao comaundide al his puple, and seide, What euer thing of male kynde is borun to Ebrewis, `caste ye into the flood; what euer thing of wymmen kynde, kepe ye.