1Dies sind die Namen der Söhne Israels, die mit Jakob nach Ägypten kamen; ein jeder kam mit seinem Hause: (1Mo 46,8)2Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda,3Issachar, Sebulon, Benjamin,4Dan, Naftali, Gad, Asser.5Und alle zusammen, die von Jakob abstammen, waren siebzig an der Zahl. Josef aber war schon vorher in Ägypten.6Und Josef starb und alle seine Brüder und alle, die zu der Zeit gelebt hatten. (1Mo 50,26)7Die Israeliten aber waren fruchtbar, und es wimmelte von ihnen, und sie mehrten sich und wurden überaus stark, sodass von ihnen das Land voll ward. (1Mo 1,28; Apg 7,17)8Da kam ein neuer König auf in Ägypten, der wusste nichts von Josef9und sprach zu seinem Volk: Siehe, das Volk der Israeliten ist mehr und stärker als wir.10Wohlan, wir wollen sie mit List niederhalten, dass sie nicht noch mehr werden. Denn wenn ein Krieg ausbräche, könnten sie sich auch zu unsern Feinden schlagen und gegen uns kämpfen und aus dem Land hinaufziehen.11Und man setzte Fronvögte über sie, die sie mit schweren Diensten bedrücken sollten. Und sie bauten dem Pharao die Städte Pitom und Ramses als Vorratsstädte. (1Mo 15,13; 1Mo 47,11)12Aber je mehr sie das Volk bedrückten, desto stärker mehrte es sich und breitete sich aus. Und es kam sie ein Grauen an vor den Israeliten.13Da zwangen die Ägypter die Israeliten mit Gewalt zum Dienst (1Mo 15,13)14und machten ihnen ihr Leben sauer mit schwerer Arbeit in Ton und Ziegeln und mit mancherlei Frondienst auf dem Felde, mit all ihrer Arbeit, die sie ihnen mit Gewalt auferlegten.15Und der König von Ägypten sprach zu den hebräischen Hebammen, von denen die eine Schifra hieß und die andere Pua:16Wenn ihr den hebräischen Frauen bei der Geburt helft, dann seht auf das Geschlecht. Wenn es ein Sohn ist, so tötet ihn; ist’s aber eine Tochter, so lasst sie leben.17Aber die Hebammen fürchteten Gott und taten nicht, wie der König von Ägypten ihnen gesagt hatte, sondern ließen die Kinder leben.18Da rief der König von Ägypten die Hebammen und sprach zu ihnen: Warum tut ihr das, dass ihr die Kinder leben lasst?19Die Hebammen antworteten dem Pharao: Die hebräischen Frauen sind nicht wie die ägyptischen, denn sie sind kräftige Frauen. Ehe die Hebamme zu ihnen kommt, haben sie geboren.20Darum tat Gott den Hebammen Gutes. Und das Volk mehrte sich und wurde sehr stark.21Und weil die Hebammen Gott fürchteten, gab er auch ihnen Nachkommen.22Da gebot der Pharao seinem ganzen Volk und sprach: Alle Söhne, die geboren werden, werft in den Nil, aber alle Töchter lasst leben.
1These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: (1Mo 35,23; 1Mo 46,8)2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.5All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. (1Mo 46,27; 5Mo 10,22)6Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. (1Mo 50,26)7But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. (1Mo 46,3; 5Mo 26,5; Apg 7,17)
Pharaoh Oppresses Israel
8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. (Apg 7,18)9And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. (Ps 105,24)10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” (Ps 83,3; Ps 105,25; Apg 7,19)11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. (1Mo 15,13; 1Mo 47,11; 2Mo 2,11; 2Mo 3,7; 2Mo 5,4; 2Mo 6,6; 2Mo 12,37; 5Mo 26,6; 2Chr 16,4; Ps 81,6)12But 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.13So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves (2Mo 5,7)14and 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 ruthlessly made them work as slaves. (2Mo 2,23; 2Mo 6,9; 4Mo 20,15; Apg 7,19; Apg 7,34)15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,16“When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”17But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live. (Spr 16,6; Dan 3,16; Dan 6,13; Apg 5,29)18So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”20So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. (Pred 8,12)21And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. (1Sam 2,35; 2Sam 7,11; 2Sam 7,27; 1Kön 2,24; 1Kön 11,38; Ps 127,1)22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews[1] you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.” (1Mo 41,1; Apg 7,19)
2.Mose 1
King James Version
1Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already .6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.