Exodus 1
BasisBijbel
Israël als slaven in Egypte
1 Dit zijn de namen van de zonen van Jakob die met hem naar Egypte kwamen. Ze brachten allemaal hun gezin mee. 2 Het waren: Ruben, Simeon, Levi en Juda, 3 Issaschar, Zebulon en Benjamin, 4 Dan en Naftali, Gad en Aser. 5 De familie die uit Jakob was ontstaan, bestond in totaal uit 70 mensen. Maar Jozef was al in Egypte.
6 Jozef en zijn broers stierven. 7 De Israëlieten kregen veel kinderen, zodat ze al gauw een heel volk werden. Overal in het land woonden Israëlieten. 8 Toen kwam er een koning in Egypte die nooit van Jozef had gehoord. 9 Hij zei tegen zijn volk: "Het volk van de Israëlieten is groot en het is machtiger dan wij. 10 We moeten ervoor zorgen dat hun volk niet nóg groter wordt. Want stel dat er een oorlog komt, dan zouden ze zich wel eens bij onze vijanden kunnen aansluiten. Dan zouden ze tégen ons strijden en daarna uit ons land vertrekken." 11 Daarom stelde hij opzichters over de Israëlieten aan, die hen dwongen om voor hem te werken. Hij gaf hen zwaar werk te doen. Ze moesten voor hem voorraadsteden bouwen: Pitom en Raämses. 12 Maar hoe meer de Israëlieten werden onderdrukt, hoe meer kinderen er werden geboren. Zo werd het volk steeds groter. De Egyptenaren werden bang voor hen. 13 Toen maakten de Egyptenaren de Israëlieten tot slaven. 14 Ze mishandelden hen en lieten hen zwaar slavenwerk doen. Van klei moesten ze bouwstenen maken[a] en ze moesten allerlei zwaar werk op het veld doen.
Sifra en Pua
15 In Egypte waren twee vrouwen die de Hebreeuwse vrouwen hielpen als hun kind geboren werd. Ze heetten Sifra en Pua. De farao had hen bevolen: 16 "Als jullie de Hebreeuwse vrouwen helpen als hun kind wordt geboren, moet je opletten of het kind een jongetje of een meisje is. De jongetjes moet je doden. Maar de meisjes mogen blijven leven." 17 Maar de twee vrouwen hadden diep ontzag voor God en deden niet wat de koning zei. Ze lieten de jongetjes leven. 18 Toen liet de koning de vrouwen komen en zei tegen hen: "Waarom hebben jullie dat gedaan? Waarom hebben jullie de jongetjes in leven gelaten?" 19 De vrouwen zeiden tegen de farao: "De Hebreeuwse vrouwen zijn anders dan de Egyptische vrouwen. Ze zijn sterk. Voordat één van ons is gekomen, is het kind al geboren." 20+21 God beloonde de twee vrouwen. Omdat ze diep ontzag voor God hadden, gaf Hij hun allebei een gezin. En het volk werd steeds groter en machtiger. 22 Toen gaf de farao aan zijn hele volk het bevel: "Gooi alle Hebreeuwse jongetjes die geboren worden in de rivier. Maar de meisjes mogen jullie laten leven."
Footnotes
- Exodus 1:14 Om deze bouwstenen te maken werd er stro door klei getrapt. Daarna werden er een soort van bakstenen van gevormd. Die werden gedroogd in de zon. Ze werden dus niet in een oven gebakken.
Exodus 1
New King James Version
Israel’s Suffering in Egypt
1 Now (A)these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 All those [a]who were descendants of Jacob were (B)seventy[b] persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already). 6 And (C)Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 (D)But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and [c]grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, (E)who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and (F)mightier than we; 10 (G)come, let us (H)deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (I)to afflict them with their (J)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh (K)supply cities, Pithom (L)and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. 13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel (M)serve with [d]rigor. 14 And they (N)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—(O)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the (P)Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a (Q)son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 17 But the midwives (R)feared God, and did not do (S)as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”
19 And (T)the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they [e]are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”
20 (U)Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and [f]grew very mighty. 21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, (V)that He [g]provided households for them.
22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, (W)“Every son who is [h]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 1:5 Lit. who came from the loins of
- Exodus 1:5 DSS, LXX seventy-five; cf. Acts 7:14
- Exodus 1:7 became very numerous
- Exodus 1:13 harshness
- Exodus 1:19 have vigor of life, bear quickly, easily
- Exodus 1:20 became very numerous
- Exodus 1:21 gave them families
- Exodus 1:22 Sam., LXX, Tg. add to the Hebrews
Exodus 1
English Standard Version
Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt
1 (A)These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were (B)seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 Then (C)Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7 (D)But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
Pharaoh Oppresses Israel
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, (E)who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, (F)the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 (G)Come, (H)let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (I)to afflict them with heavy (J)burdens. They built for Pharaoh (K)store cities, Pithom and (L)Raamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. 13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel (M)work as slaves 14 and (N)made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” 17 But the midwives (O)feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live. 18 So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?” 19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” 20 (P)So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. 21 And because the midwives feared God, (Q)he gave them families. 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, (R)“Every son that is born to the Hebrews[a] you shall cast into (S)the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 1:22 Samaritan, Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew lacks to the Hebrews
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