New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 1:1-7

1Now theseוְאֵ֗לֶּהve.'E.lehH428are thenamesשְׁמוֹת֙she.mOtH8034of the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478who cameהַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'ImH935to Egyptמִצְרָ֑יְמָהmitz.Ra.ye.mahH4714with Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290;they cameבָּֽאוּ׃Ba.'uH935eachH376oneH376with his householdוּבֵית֖וֹu.vei.ToH1004:

2Reubenרְאוּבֵ֣ןre.'u.VenH7205,Simeonשִׁמְע֔וֹןshim.'onH8095,Leviלֵוִ֖יle.ViH3878and Judahוִיהוּדָֽה׃vi.hu.DahH3063;

3Issacharיִשָּׂשכָ֥רyi.so.sh.KharH3485,Zebulunזְבוּלֻ֖ןze.vu.LunH2074and Benjaminוּבְנְיָמִֽן׃u.ve.ne.ya.MinH1144;

4Danדָּ֥ןdanH1835and Naphtaliוְנַפְתָּלִ֖יve.naf.ta.LiH5321,Gadגָּ֥דgadH1410and Asherוְאָשֵֽׁר׃ve.'a.SherH836.

5Allכָּל־kol-H3605thepersonsנֶ֛פֶשׁNe.feshH5315who cameיֹצְאֵ֥יyo.tze.'EiH3318from the loinsיֶֽרֶךְ־ye.rekh-H3409of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290wereseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657in numberנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315,but Josephוְיוֹסֵ֖ףve.yo.SefH3130was alreadyin Egyptבְמִצְרָֽיִם׃ve.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

6Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130diedוַיָּ֤מָתvai.Ya.motH4191,and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605his brothersאֶחָ֔יו'e.ChavH251and allוְכֹ֖לve.KholH3605that generationהַדּ֥וֹרha.DorH1755.

7But the sonsוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478were fruitfulפָּר֧וּpa.RuH6509andincreasedH8317greatlyH8317,and multipliedוַיִּרְבּ֥וּvai.yir.BuH7235,and becameH6105exceedinglyH3966mightyוַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּvai.ya.'atz.MuH6105,so that the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776was filledוַתִּמָּלֵ֥אva.ti.ma.Le'H4390with them.

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