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Exodus 1:1-14

1AndthesearethenamesH8034ofthesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478whohadcomeH935intoEgyptמִצְרָ֑יְמָהmitz.Ra.ye.mahH4714;withJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290hadtheycomeH935,eachwithhishouseholdוּבֵית֖וֹu.vei.ToH1004:

2Reubenרְאוּבֵ֣ןre.'u.VenH7205,Simeonשִׁמְע֔וֹןshim.'onH8095,Leviלֵוִ֖יle.ViH3878,andJudahוִיהוּדָֽה׃vi.hu.DahH3063;

3Issacharיִשָּׂשכָ֥רyi.so.sh.KharH3485,Zebulunזְבוּלֻ֖ןze.vu.LunH2074,andBenjaminוּבְנְיָמִֽן׃u.ve.ne.ya.MinH1144;

4Danדָּ֥ןdanH1835andNaphtaliוְנַפְתָּלִ֖יve.naf.ta.LiH5321;Gadגָּ֥דgadH1410andAsherוְאָשֵֽׁר׃ve.'a.SherH836.

5AndallthesoulsH5315thathadcomeoutoftheloinsofJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290wereH1961seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657soulsH5315;andJosephוְיוֹסֵ֖ףve.yo.SefH3130wasH1961inEgyptבְמִצְרָֽיִם׃ve.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

6AndJosephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130diedH4191,andallhisbrethren,andallthatgenerationהַדּ֥וֹרha.DorH1755.

7AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478werefruitfulפָּר֧וּpa.RuH6509,andswarmedוַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּvai.yish.re.TzuH8317andmultipliedH7235,andbecameexceedingstrong;andthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776wasfullH4390ofthem.

8Andtherearoseוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965anewחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428overEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,whodidnotknowH3045Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130.

9AndhesaidH559tohispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971,Behold,thepeopleעַ֚ם'amH5971ofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478aremoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480numerousרַ֥בravH7227andstrongerthanwe.

10Comeon,letusdealwiselyנִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖הnit.cha.ke.MahH2449withthem,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theymultiplyH7235,anditcometopassthat,ifwarמִלְחָמָה֙mil.cha.MahH4421occur,theytakesidewithourenemiesandfightוְנִלְחַם־ve.nil.cham-H3898againstus,andgoוְעָלָ֥הve.'a.LahH5927upoutofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

11AndtheysetH7760overthemservice-masterstooppressthemwiththeirburdens.AndtheybuiltH1129store-citiesforPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547,PithomandRamesesרַעַמְסֵֽס׃ra.'am.SesH7486.

12Butthemoretheyafflictedthem,themoretheymultipliedH7235andspreadיִפְרֹ֑ץyif.RotzH6555;andtheyweredistressedbecauseofthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

13AndtheEgyptiansH4713madethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478serveH5647withharshness;

14andtheyembitteredtheirlifeH2416withhardקָשָׁ֗הka.ShahH7186labourinclayandbricksוּבִלְבֵנִ֔יםu.vil.ve.NimH3843,andinallmanneroflabourinthefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704:alltheirlabourwithwhichtheymadethemserveH5647waswithharshness.

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