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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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  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”

The Israelites Oppressed

These are the names of the sons of Israel(A) who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.(B) The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy[a] in all;(C) Joseph was already in Egypt.

Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,(D) but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers(E) and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:5 Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) seventy-five