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Israel and Oppression in Egypt

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, they each came with his family:[a] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And all those who descended from Jacob[b] were seventy individuals,[c] and Joseph was in Egypt. And Joseph died and all of his brothers and all of that generation. And the Israelites[d] were fruitful and multiplied and were many and were very, very numerous, and the land was filled with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:1 Literally “house”
  2. Exodus 1:5 Literally “every soul/individual/life, the ones going out from the loins of Jacob”
  3. Exodus 1:5 Or “souls,” “lives”
  4. Exodus 1:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

These are the names of the Israelites who came to Egypt with Jacob along with their households: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. The total number in Jacob’s family was seventy. Joseph was already in Egypt. Eventually, Joseph, his brothers, and everyone in his generation died. But the Israelites were fertile and became populous. They multiplied and grew dramatically, filling the whole land.

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