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 . [loins: Heb. thigh]
			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. [But...: Heb. And as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc]
			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# .