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[1]These are the names of the children of Israel, whiche came into Egypt with Iacob, euery ma came with his housholde
[2]Ruben, Simeon, Leui, and Iuda
[3]Isachar, Zabulon, and Beniamin
[4]Dan and Nephthali, Gad & Aser
[5]All the soules that came out of the line of Iacob, were seuentie
[6]But Ioseph was in Egypt alredy, & Ioseph dyed, and all his brethren, and all that generation
[7]And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them
[8]But there arose vp a newe kyng in Egypt, which knewe not Ioseph
[9]And he sayde vnto his folke, Beholde, the people of the chyldren of Israel are greater and myghtier then we
[10]Come on, let vs deale wyttyly with the, lest they multiplie, & lest it come to passe, that if there be any warre, they ioyne them selues vnto our enemies, & fight agaynst vs, & so get them vp out of ye land
[11]Therfore dyd they set taske maisters ouer them, to kepe the vnder with burthens: And they buylt vnto Pharao treasure cities, Pithom & Raamses
[12]But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grewe: so that they abhorred at the syght of the chyldren of Israel
[13]And the Egyptians helde the children of Israel in bondage without mercie
[14]And they made their lyues bytter vnto them in that cruell bondage, in claye, and bricke, and all maner of worke in the fielde: for all their bondage wherein they serued them was ful of tirannie
[15]And the kyng of Egypt spake vnto the mydwyfes of the Hebrues women: (of which the one was named Siphrah and the other Puah) and sayde
[16]When ye do the office of a mydwyfe to the women of the Hebrues, and see in the birth tyme that it is a boy, ye shall kyl it: but if it be a daughter, it shal liue
[17]Notwithstanding, the mydwifes feared God, and dyd not as the kyng of Egypt commaunded them, but saued the men chyldren
[18]And the kyng of Egypt called for the mydwyfes, and sayde vnto them: why haue ye dealt on this maner, and haue saued the men chyldren
[19]And the mydwyfes aunswered Pharao: that ye Hebrues women are not as the women of Egypt: for they are more liuely women, and are deliuered yer the mydwyfes come at them
[20]And God dealt well therefore with the mydwyfes: and the people multiplied and waxed very myghtie
[21]And it came to passe, that because the midwifes feared God, he made them houses
[22]And Pharao charged all his people, saying: All the men chyldren that are borne, cast into the ryuer, and saue the mayde chyldren alyue
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