Exodus 1:1-7

Lexham English Bible

Israel and Oppression in Egypt

1 And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, they 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 And all those who descended from Jacob^[b] were seventy individuals,^[c] and Joseph was in Egypt. ⁶ And Joseph died and all of his brothers and all of that generation. ⁷ And the Israelites^[d] were fruitful and multiplied and were many and were very, very numerous, and the land was filled with them.