Exod 1
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
POPORUL ISRAEL ÎN EGIPT
Capitolele 1—15:21.
(Geneza 15:13,14. Psalmii 105:23-39; 106:7-12; Faptele 7:7-36.)
Înmulţirea israeliţilor în Egipt
1 Iată(A) numele fiilor lui Israel intraţi în Egipt; au intrat cu Iacov fiecare cu familia lui: 2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Iuda, 3 Isahar, Zabulon, Beniamin, 4 Dan, Neftali, Gad şi Aşer. 5 Sufletele ieşite din coapsele lui Iacov erau şaptezeci(B) de toate. Iosif era atunci în Egipt. 6 Iosif(C) a murit şi toţi fraţii lui, şi toată vârsta aceea de oameni. 7 Fiii(D) lui Israel s-au înmulţit, s-au mărit, au crescut şi au ajuns foarte puternici. Şi s-a umplut ţara de ei.
Suferinţele israeliţilor
8 Peste Egipt s-a ridicat(E) un nou împărat, care nu cunoscuse pe Iosif. 9 El a zis poporului său: „Iată(F) că poporul copiilor lui Israel este mai mare şi mai puternic decât noi. 10 Veniţi(G) să ne arătăm dibaci faţă de el, ca să nu crească, pentru ca nu cumva, dacă se va întâmpla un război, să se unească şi el cu vrăjmaşii noştri, să ne bată şi să iasă apoi din ţară.(H)” 11 Şi au pus peste ei isprăvnicei, ca(I) să-i asuprească prin(J) munci grele. Astfel a zidit el cetăţile Pitom şi Ramses(K), ca să slujească de hambare lui Faraon. 12 Dar, cu cât îl asupreau mai mult, cu atât se înmulţea şi creştea, şi s-au scârbit de copiii lui Israel. 13 Atunci, egiptenii au adus pe copiii lui Israel la o aspră robie. 14 Le-au făcut viaţa amară(L) prin lucrări grele de lut(M) şi cărămizi şi prin tot felul de lucrări de pe câmp; în toate muncile acestea pe care-i sileau să le facă erau fără niciun pic de milă. 15 Împăratul Egiptului a poruncit moaşelor evreilor, numite una Şifra şi cealaltă Pua, 16 şi le-a zis: „Când veţi împlini slujba de moaşe pe lângă femeile evreilor şi le veţi vedea pe scaunul de naştere, dacă este băiat, să-l omorâţi, iar dacă este fată, s-o lăsaţi să trăiască.” 17 Dar moaşele s-au temut(N) de Dumnezeu şi n-au făcut(O) ce le poruncise împăratul Egiptului, ci au lăsat pe copiii de parte bărbătească să trăiască. 18 Împăratul Egiptului a chemat pe moaşe şi le-a zis: „Pentru ce aţi făcut lucrul acesta şi aţi lăsat pe copiii de parte bărbătească să trăiască?” 19 Moaşele(P) au răspuns lui Faraon: „Pentru că femeile evreilor nu sunt ca egiptencele; ele sunt vânjoase şi nasc înainte de venirea moaşei.” 20 Dumnezeu(Q) a făcut bine moaşelor şi poporul s-a înmulţit şi a ajuns foarte mare la număr. 21 Pentru că moaşele se temuseră de Dumnezeu, Dumnezeu le-a făcut case(R). 22 Atunci, Faraon a dat următoarea poruncă la tot poporul lui: „Să aruncaţi în râu pe orice băiat(S) care se va naşte şi să lăsaţi pe toate fetele să trăiască.”
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
King James Version
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.
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.
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.
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