Exodus 1:1-7

New Century Version

Jacob’s Family Grows Strong

1 When Jacob^[a] went to Egypt, he took his sons, and each son took his own family with him. These are the names of the sons of Israel: ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, ⁴ Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ⁵ There was a total of seventy people who were descendants of Jacob. Jacob’s son Joseph was already in Egypt.

⁶ Some time later, Joseph and his brothers died, along with all the people who had lived at that same time. ⁷ But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.