ExodusJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareExodus 1Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Exodus 1Exodus 2Exodus 3Exodus 4Exodus 5Exodus 6Exodus 7Exodus 8Exodus 9Exodus 10Exodus 11Exodus 12Exodus 13Exodus 14Exodus 15Exodus 16Exodus 17Exodus 18Exodus 19Exodus 20Exodus 21Exodus 22Exodus 23Exodus 24Exodus 25Exodus 26Exodus 27Exodus 28Exodus 29Exodus 30Exodus 31Exodus 32Exodus 33Exodus 34Exodus 35Exodus 36Exodus 37Exodus 38Exodus 39Exodus 40›Exodus 1ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1These are the names of the children of Israel, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they went in every man with his household: 2Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, 3Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin, 4Dan, and Nephthali, Gad and Aser. 5And all the souls that came out of Jacob's thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt. 6After he was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation, 7The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land. 8In the mean time there arose a new king over Egypt, that knew not Joseph: 9And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we. 10Come let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land. 11Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens: and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom, and Ramesses. 12But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied and increased. 13And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them: 14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth. 15And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua, 16Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive. 17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children. 18And the king called for them and said: What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children? 19They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them. 20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong. 21And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses. 22Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive. Next chapterExodus 2›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsExodus 1 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain