New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 1:1-9

1Now theseH428 are the 1namesH8034 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 who cameH935 to EgyptH4714 with JacobH3290; they cameH935 eachH376 oneH376 2with his householdH1004: 2ReubenH7205, SimeonH8095, LeviH3878 and JudahH3063; 3IssacharH3485, ZebulunH2074 and BenjaminH1144; 4DanH1835 and NaphtaliH5321, GadH1410 and AsherH836. 5AllH3605 the 3personsH5315 who cameH3318 from the loinsH3409 of JacobH3290 were 4seventyH7657 5in numberH5315, but JosephH3130 was already in EgyptH4714. 6 6JosephH3130 diedH4191, and allH3605 his brothersH251 and allH3605 that generationH1755. 7But the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 7were fruitfulH6509 and 8increasedH8317 greatlyH8317, and multipliedH7235, and becameH6105 exceedinglyH3966 9mightyH6105, so that the landH776 was filledH4390 with them.

8Now a newH2319 10kingH4428 aroseH6965 overH5921 EgyptH4714, whoH834 did not knowH3045 JosephH3130. 9 11He saidH559 to his peopleH5971, “BeholdH2009, the peopleH5971 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 are 12moreH7227 and mightierH6099 thanH4480 we.

Notes

1. Exodus 1:1 Gen 46:8-27 ↩
2. Exodus 1:1 Lit and ↩
3. Exodus 1:5 Lit souls ↩
4. Exodus 1:5 Gen 46:26, 27; Deut 10:22 ↩
5. Exodus 1:5 Lit as to souls ↩
6. Exodus 1:6 Gen 50:26 ↩
7. Exodus 1:7 Gen 12:2; 28:3; 35:11; 46:3; 47:27; 48:4; Deut 26:5; Ps 105:24; Acts 7:17 ↩
8. Exodus 1:7 Lit swarmed ↩
9. Exodus 1:7 Or numerous ↩
10. Exodus 1:8 Acts 7:18, 19 ↩
11. Exodus 1:9 Ps 105:24, 25 ↩
12. Exodus 1:9 Or too many and too mighty for us ↩