1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Is'sachar, Zeb'ulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan and Naph'tali, Gad and Asher.
5 All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 Then Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 But the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong; so that the land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
9 And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.
10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land."
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Ra-am'ses.
12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
13 So they made the people of Israel serve with rigor,
14 and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field; in all their work they made them serve with rigor.
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiph'rah and the other Pu'ah,
16 "When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live."
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
18 So the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this, and let the male children live?"
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and are delivered before the midwife comes to them."
20 So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very strong.
21 And because the midwives feared God he gave them families.
22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live."
Versículos relacionados com Exodus, 1:
Exodus 1 is the beginning of the book of Exodus, where the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt is reported and the beginning of God's plan to free them. The chapter begins with the introduction of the history of the Israelites in Egypt, which had multiplied a lot and were seen as a threat by the Egyptians. Pharaoh then decides to oppress them, enslaving them, and ordering the midwives to kill male newborns. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Exodus 1:
Exodus 2:24: "And God heard his moan, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob." This verse shows that God heard the cry of the Israelites and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, promising to free them from Egypt.
Deuteronomy 26:7: "And we cry to the Lord God of our parents; and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our work, and our oppression." Here we see that the Israelites cried to the Lord during their oppression in Egypt, and God heard them and saw His affliction and oppression.
Psalm 81:6: "I took his load from his shoulder, his hands were free from the baskets." This verse speaks of the liberation of the Israelites of Egypt, where God took the burden of the oppression of their shoulders and set them free to have free hands.
Exodus 3:7: "And the Lord said, I have seen carefully the affliction of my people, who is in Egypt, and I have heard his cry because of his exactors, because I knew their pains." Here God speaks directly to Moses and claims to have seen the affliction of his people in Egypt and heard his cry because of oppression.
Isaiah 43:1: "But now the Lord says that he created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, because I released you; I called you by your name, you are mine." This verse speaks of Israel's liberation and redemption by the Lord, who called them by name and promised not to abandon them.
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