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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Exodus 1 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Exodus 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/50.htm" title="Genesis 50">◄</a> Exodus 1 <a href="../exodus/2.htm" title="Exodus 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/exodus/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Israelis Prosper in Egypt</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>These are the names of the Israelis<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Lit. the sons of Israel and so throughout the book">a</a></span> who entered Egypt with Jacob, each one having come with his family:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Or household">b</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Issacar, Zebulun, Benjamin, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>All those who descended from<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:5 Lit. came out of the loins of">c</a></span> Jacob totaled 75 persons.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:5 So with DSS and LXX. MT reads 70">d</a></span> Now Joseph was already<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:5 The Heb. lacks already">e</a></span> in Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Joseph, all his brothers, and that entire generation died. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the Israelis were fruitful and increased abundantly.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Lit. swarmed">f</a></span> They multiplied in numbers and became very, very strong. As a result, the land was filled with them.</p> <p class="heading">The Israelis Become Slaves</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Eventually a new king who was unacquainted with Joseph came to power in<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 Lit. arose over">g</a></span> Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He told his people, “Look, the Israeli people are more numerous and more powerful than we are. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Come on, let’s be careful how we treat them, so that when they grow numerous, if a war breaks out they won’t join our enemies, fight against us, and leave our land.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So the Egyptians<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 Lit. they">h</a></span> placed supervisors over them, oppressing them with heavy burdens. The Israelis<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 Lit. They">i</a></span> built the supply cities of Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the more the Egyptians afflicted the Israelis,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 Lit. them">j</a></span> the more they multiplied and flourished, so that the Egyptians<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 Lit. they">k</a></span> became terrified of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 Or came to loathe">l</a></span> the Israelis. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The Egyptians ruthlessly forced the Israelis to serve them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:14 Lit. their">m</a></span> work on them.</p> <p class="heading">Pharaoh Orders Male Children Killed</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Later, the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“When you help the Hebrew women give birth,” he said, “watch them as they deliver.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:16 Lit. them on the birth stool">n</a></span> If it’s a son, kill him; but if it’s a daughter, let her live.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But the midwives feared God and didn’t do what the king of Egypt told them. Instead,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 The Heb. lacks Instead">o</a></span> they let the boys live.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When the king of Egypt called for the midwives, he asked them, “Why have you done this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:18 Lit. this thing">p</a></span> and allowed the boys to live?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Hebrew women aren’t like Egyptian women,” the midwives replied to Pharaoh. “They’re so healthy that they give birth before the midwives arrive to help<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:19 The Heb. lacks to help">q</a></span> them.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>God was pleased with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Because the midwives feared God, he provided families<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:21 Or households; lit. houses">r</a></span> for them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Meanwhile, Pharaoh continued commanding all of his people, “You’re to throw every Hebrew<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:22 The Heb. lacks Hebrew">s</a></span> son who is born into the Nile River,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:22 The Heb. lacks River">t</a></span> but you’re to allow every Hebrew<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:22 The Heb. lacks Hebrew">u</a></span> daughter to live.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:1 Lit. <i>the sons of Israel </i>and so throughout the book<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:1 Or <i>household</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:5 Lit. <i>came out of the loins of</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:5 So with DSS and LXX. MT reads <i>70</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:5 The Heb. lacks <i>already</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:7 Lit. <i>swarmed</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:8 Lit. <i>arose over</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:11 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:11 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:12 Lit. <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:12 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 1:12 Or <i>came to loathe</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 1:14 Lit. <i>their</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 1:16 Lit. <i>them on the birth stool</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 1:17 The Heb. lacks <i>Instead</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 1:18 Lit. <i>this thing</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 1:19 The Heb. lacks <i>to help</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 1:21 Or <i>households</i>; lit. <i>houses</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 1:22 The Heb. lacks <i>Hebrew</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 1:22 The Heb. lacks <i>River</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 1:22 The Heb. lacks <i>Hebrew</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/50.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 50"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 50" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/exodus/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>