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World English Bible

Exodus 1 (WEBP)

[1] Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
[2] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
[3] Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
[4] Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
[5] All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
[6] Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
[7] The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
[8] Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
[9] He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
[10] Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
[11] Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
[12] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
[13] The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
[14] and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
[15] The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
[16] and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
[17] But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
[18] The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
[19] The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
[20] God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
[21] Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
[22] Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

Exodus 1:9 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Exodus 1:17 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 1 (KJVS)

[1] Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
[2] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
[3] Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
[4] Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[5] And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
[6] And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
[7] And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
[8] Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
[9] And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
[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.
[11] Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
[12] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
[13] And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
[14] and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
[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:
[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.
[17] But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
[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?
[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.
[20] Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
[21] And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
[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.

Exodus 1:5 Heb. thigh
Exodus 1:12 Heb. and as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Exodus 1 (BYZ)

[1] Ταῦτα () τὰ () ὀνόματα () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () τῶν () εἰσπεπορευμένων () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον () ἅμα () Ιακωβ () τῷ () πατρὶ () αὐτῶν ()—ἕκαστος () πανοικίᾳ αὐτῶν () εἰσήλθοσαν ()—·
[2] Ρουβην, () Συμεων, () Λευι, () Ιουδας, ()
[3] Ισσαχαρ, Ζαβουλων () καὶ () Βενιαμιν, ()
[4] Δαν καὶ () Νεφθαλι, () Γαδ () καὶ () Ασηρ. ()
[5] Ιωσηφ () δὲ () ἦν () ἐν () Αἰγύπτῳ. () Ἦσαν () δὲ () πᾶσαι () ψυχαὶ () ἐξ () Ιακωβ () πέντε () καὶ () ἑβδομήκοντα. ()
[6] Ἐτελεύτησεν () δὲ () Ιωσηφ () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () ἀδελφοὶ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πᾶσα () ἡ () γενεὰ () ἐκείνη. ()
[7] Οἱ () δὲ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ηὐξήθησαν () καὶ () ἐπληθύνθησαν () καὶ () χυδαῖοι ἐγένοντο () καὶ () κατίσχυον () σφόδρα () σφόδρα, () ἐπλήθυνεν () δὲ () ἡ () γῆ () αὐτούς. ()
[8] Ἀνέστη () δὲ () βασιλεὺς () ἕτερος () ἐπ’ () Αἴγυπτον, () ὃς () οὐκ () ᾔδει () τὸν () Ιωσηφ. ()
[9] Εἶπεν () δὲ () τῷ () ἔθνει () αὐτοῦ () Ἰδοὺ () τὸ () γένος () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () μέγα () πλῆθος () καὶ () ἰσχύει () ὑπὲρ () ἡμᾶς· ()
[10] δεῦτε () οὖν () κατασοφισώμεθα () αὐτούς, () μήποτε () πληθυνθῇ () καί, () ἡνίκα () ἂν () συμβῇ () ἡμῖν () πόλεμος, () προστεθήσονται () καὶ () οὗτοι () πρὸς () τοὺς () ὑπεναντίους () καὶ () ἐκπολεμήσαντες ἡμᾶς () ἐξελεύσονται () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐπέστησεν () αὐτοῖς () ἐπιστάτας () τῶν () ἔργων, () ἵνα () κακώσωσιν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔργοις· () καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησαν () πόλεις () ὀχυρὰς τῷ () Φαραω, () τήν () τε () Πιθωμ καὶ () Ραμεσση καὶ () Ων, ἥ () ἐστιν () Ἡλίου () πόλις. ()
[12] Καθότι () δὲ () αὐτοὺς () ἐταπείνουν, () τοσούτῳ () πλείους () ἐγίνοντο () καὶ () ἴσχυον () σφόδρα () σφόδρα· () καὶ () ἐβδελύσσοντο () οἱ () Αἰγύπτιοι () ἀπὸ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[13] Καὶ () κατεδυνάστευον () οἱ () Αἰγύπτιοι () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ () βίᾳ ()
[14] καὶ () κατωδύνων αὐτῶν () τὴν () ζωὴν () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔργοις () τοῖς () σκληροῖς, () τῷ () πηλῷ () καὶ () τῇ () πλινθείᾳ καὶ () πᾶσι () τοῖς () ἔργοις () τοῖς () ἐν () τοῖς () πεδίοις, κατὰ () πάντα () τὰ () ἔργα, () ὧν () κατεδουλοῦντο () αὐτοὺς () μετὰ () βίας. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τῶν () Αἰγυπτίων () ταῖς () μαίαις τῶν () Εβραίων, () τῇ () μιᾷ () αὐτῶν, () ᾗ () ὄνομα () Σεπφωρα, καὶ () τὸ () ὄνομα () τῆς () δευτέρας () Φουα,
[16] καὶ () εἶπεν () Ὅταν () μαιοῦσθε τὰς () Εβραίας καὶ () ὦσιν () πρὸς () τῷ () τίκτειν, () ἐὰν () μὲν () ἄρσεν () ᾖ, () ἀποκτείνατε () αὐτό, () ἐὰν () δὲ () θῆλυ, () περιποιεῖσθε () αὐτό. ()
[17] Ἐφοβήθησαν () δὲ () αἱ () μαῖαι τὸν () θεὸν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐποίησαν () καθότι () συνέταξεν () αὐταῖς () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Αἰγύπτου, () καὶ () ἐζωογόνουν () τὰ () ἄρσενα. ()
[18] Ἐκάλεσεν () δὲ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Αἰγύπτου () τὰς () μαίας καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐταῖς () Τί () ὅτι () ἐποιήσατε () τὸ () πρᾶγμα () τοῦτο () καὶ () ἐζωογονεῖτε () τὰ () ἄρσενα; ()
[19] Εἶπαν () δὲ () αἱ () μαῖαι τῷ () Φαραω () Οὐχ () ὡς () γυναῖκες () Αἰγύπτου () αἱ () Εβραῖαι, τίκτουσιν () γὰρ () πρὶν () ἢ () εἰσελθεῖν () πρὸς () αὐτὰς () τὰς () μαίας· καὶ () ἔτικτον. ()
[20] Εὖ () δὲ () ἐποίει () ὁ () θεὸς () ταῖς () μαίαις, καὶ () ἐπλήθυνεν () ὁ () λαὸς () καὶ () ἴσχυεν () σφόδρα. ()
[21] Ἐπειδὴ () ἐφοβοῦντο () αἱ () μαῖαι τὸν () θεόν, () ἐποίησαν () ἑαυταῖς () οἰκίας. ()—
[22] συνέταξεν () δὲ () Φαραω () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () Πᾶν () ἄρσεν, () ὃ () ἐὰν () τεχθῇ () τοῖς () Εβραίοις, () εἰς () τὸν () ποταμὸν () ῥίψατε· () καὶ () πᾶν () θῆλυ, () ζωογονεῖτε () αὐτό. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.