1 GLT وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ. مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ جَاءَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَبَيْتُهُ: BSB BSB: These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
2 GLT رَأُوبَيْنُ وَشِمْعُونُ وَلَاوِي وَيَهُوذَا BSB BSB: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
3 GLT وَيَسَّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ وَبَنْيَامِينُ BSB BSB: Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
4 GLT وَدَانُ وَنَفْتَالِي وَجَادُ وَأَشِيرُ. BSB BSB: Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5 GLT وَكَانَتْ جَمِيعُ نُفُوسِ ٱلْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَعْقُوبَ سَبْعِينَ نَفْسًا. وَلَكِنْ يُوسُفُ كَانَ فِي مِصْرَ. BSB BSB: The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
6 GLT وَمَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَكُلُّ إِخْوَتِهِ وَجَمِيعُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْجِيلِ. BSB BSB: Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
7 GLT وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَثْمَرُوا وَتَوَالَدُوا وَنَمَوْا وَكَثُرُوا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، وَٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ. BSB BSB: but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
8 GLT ثُمَّ قَامَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ عَلَى مِصْرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ يُوسُفَ. BSB BSB: Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
9 GLT فَقَالَ لِشَعْبِهِ:«هُوَذَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبٌ أَكْثَرُ وَأَعْظَمُ مِنَّا. BSB BSB: “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
10 GLT هَلُمَّ نَحْتَالُ لَهُمْ لِئَلَّا يَنْمُوا، فَيَكُونَ إِذَا حَدَثَتْ حَرْبٌ أَنَّهُمْ يَنْضَمُّونَ إِلَى أَعْدَائِنَا وَيُحَارِبُونَنَا وَيَصْعَدُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ». BSB BSB: Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
12 GLT وَلَكِنْ بِحَسْبِمَا أَذَلُّوهُمْ هَكَذَا نَمَوْا وَٱمْتَدُّوا. فَٱخْتَشَوْا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. BSB BSB: But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
13 GLT فَٱسْتَعْبَدَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعُنْفٍ، BSB BSB: They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
15 GLT وَكَلَّمَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ قَابِلَتَيِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ ٱللَّتَيْنِ ٱسْمُ إِحْدَاهُمَا شِفْرَةُ وَٱسْمُ ٱلْأُخْرَى فُوعَةُ، BSB BSB: Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
16 GLT وَقَالَ:«حِينَمَا تُوَلِّدَانِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ وَتَنْظُرَانِهِنَّ عَلَى ٱلْكَرَاسِيِّ، إِنْ كَانَ ٱبْنًا فَٱقْتُلَاهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بِنْتًا فَتَحْيَا». BSB BSB: “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
17 GLT وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ خَافَتَا ٱللهَ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلَا كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، بَلِ ٱسْتَحْيَتَا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ. BSB BSB: The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
18 GLT فَدَعَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا:«لِمَاذَا فَعَلْتُمَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ وَٱسْتَحْيَيْتُمَا ٱلْأَوْلَادَ؟» BSB BSB: So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
19 GLT فَقَالَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَتَانِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ:«إِنَّ ٱلنِّسَاءَ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّاتِ لَسْنَ كَٱلْمِصْرِيَّاتِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ قَوِيَّاتٌ يَلِدْنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَةُ». BSB BSB: The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
20 GLT فَأَحْسَنَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلْقَابِلَتَيْنِ، وَنَمَا ٱلشَّعْبُ وَكَثُرَ جِدًّا. BSB BSB: So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
21 GLT وَكَانَ إِذْ خَافَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَتَانِ ٱللهَ أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ لَهُمَا بُيُوتًا. BSB BSB: And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
22 GLT ثُمَّ أَمَرَ فِرْعَوْنُ جَمِيعَ شَعْبِهِ قَائِلًا:«كُلُّ ٱبْنٍ يُولَدُ تَطْرَحُونَهُ فِي ٱلنَّهْرِ، لَكِنَّ كُلَّ بِنْتٍ تَسْتَحْيُونَهَا». BSB BSB: Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”