Exodus 1:1-7
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Israel Oppressed in Egypt
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:(A)
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5 The total number of Jacob’s descendants[a] was seventy;[b](B) Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation eventually died.(C) 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous(D) so that the land was filled with them.
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Exodus 1:1-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel Oppressed in Egypt
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:(A)
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5 The total number of Jacob’s descendants[a] was 70;[b](B) Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 Then Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died.(C) 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous(D) so that the land was filled with them.
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- Exodus 1:5 Lit of people issuing from Jacob’s loins
- Exodus 1:5 LXX, DSS read 75; Gn 46:27; Ac 7:14
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