ABP - Exodus - 1

1:1  These are the names of the sons of Israel of the ones entering into Egypt together with Jacob their father; each of them sojourning entered.

1:2  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

1:3  Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,

1:4  Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

1:5  But Joseph was in Egypt. And were all the souls coming forth from Jacob -- five and seventy.

1:6  [3came to an end 1And 2Joseph], and all his brothers, and all that generation.

1:7  And the sons of Israel grew and multiplied, and [2extensive 1became], and grew strong exceedingly, exceedingly. [4multiplied 1And 2the 3land] of them.

1:8  [4rose up 1And 3king 2another] over Egypt who did not know Joseph.

1:9  And he said to his nation, Behold, the race of the sons of Israel are a great multitude, and they are strong above us.

1:10  Come then we should deal subtly with them, lest at any time they should multiply, and whenever [3to us 2may come to pass 1a war], [2will add 1these also] to the opponents, and waging war against us they shall go forth from the land.

1:11  And he set to them supervisors over the works, that they might afflict them in their works. And they built [2cities 1fortified] to Pharaoh -- Pithom and Raamses, and On which is Heliopolis.

1:12  And in so far as they humbled them by so much, [2many more 1they became]. And they were strong exceedingly, exceedingly. And [3were abhorred 1the 2Egyptians] of the sons of Israel.

1:13  And [3tyrannized 1the 2Egyptians] the sons of Israel by force.

1:14  And they grievously afflicted them by the life in the [2works 1hard] in the mortar, and in the making of bricks, and in all the works in the plains, according to all the works which they were reducing them to slavery with force.

1:15  And [5said 1the 2king 3of the 4Egyptians] to the midwives of the Hebrews, to a certain one of them with the name Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah.

1:16  And he said to them, Whenever you act as midwife to the Hebrews, and they should be about to bear, if then it should be a male, you kill it! But if a female, preserve it!

1:17  [4feared 1But 2the 3midwives] God, and they did not do in so far as [4ordered 5them 1the 2king 3of Egypt]. And they brought forth alive the males.

1:18  [5called 1And 2the 3king 4of Egypt] the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that you did this thing, and brought forth alive the males?

1:19  [4said 1And 2the 3midwives] to Pharaoh, Not as the women of Egypt are the Hebrews, for they give birth before [3entered 4to 5them 1the 2midwives], and they bear.

1:20  [3good 1And 2God did] to the midwives. And he multiplied the people, and it became strong exceedingly.

1:21  Since [3feared 1the 2midwives] God, they made to themselves families.

1:22  [3gave orders 1And 2Pharaoh] to all his people, saying, Every male who ever should be born to the Hebrews [2into 3the 4river 1toss], and every female bring it forth alive!