The Israelites Multiply in Egypt (Genesis 46:7–27)
1 WBS Now these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. BSB BSB: These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
2 WBS Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, BSB BSB: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
3 WBS Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, BSB BSB: Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
4 WBS Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. BSB BSB: Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5 WBS And all the souls that descended from Jacob, were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already . BSB BSB: The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
6 WBS And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. BSB BSB: Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
7 WBS And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. BSB BSB: but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
Oppression by a New King (Acts 7:15–19)
8 WBS Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. BSB BSB: Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
9 WBS And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. BSB BSB: “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
10 WBS Come, let us deal wisely with them: lest they multiply, and it shall come to pass, that when there falleth out any war, they will join with our enemies, and fight against us, and depart from the land. 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 WBS But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. BSB BSB: But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
13 WBS And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor. BSB BSB: They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
15 WBS And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:) BSB BSB: Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
16 WBS And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it shall be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it shall be a daughter, then she shall live. 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 WBS But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive. BSB BSB: The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
18 WBS And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive? 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 WBS And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them. 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 WBS Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty. BSB BSB: So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
21 WBS And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. BSB BSB: And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
22 WBS 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. 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.”