1São estes, pois, os nomes dos filhos de Israel que entraram com Jacó no Egito, cada um com a sua respectiva família:2Rúben, Simeão, Levi e Judá;3Issacar, Zebulom e Benjamim;4Dã, Naftali, Gade e Aser.5Ao todo, os descendentes de Jacó eram setenta*; José, porém, já estava no Egito.6Ora, morreram José, todos os seus irmãos e toda aquela geração.7Os israelitas, porém, eram férteis, proliferaram, tornaram-se numerosos e fortaleceram-se muito, tanto que encheram o país.8Então subiu ao trono do Egito um novo rei, que nada sabia sobre José.9Disse ele ao seu povo: “Vejam! O povo israelita é agora numeroso e mais forte que nós.10Temos que agir com astúcia, para que não se tornem ainda mais numerosos e, no caso de guerra, aliem-se aos nossos inimigos, lutem contra nós e fujam do país”.11Estabeleceram, pois, sobre eles chefes de trabalhos forçados, para os oprimir com tarefas pesadas. E assim os israelitas construíram para o faraó as cidades-celeiros de Pitom e Ramessés.12Todavia, quanto mais eram oprimidos, mais numerosos se tornavam e mais se espalhavam. Por isso os egípcios passaram a temer os israelitas13e os sujeitaram a cruel escravidão.14Tornaram-lhes a vida amarga, impondo-lhes a árdua tarefa de preparar o barro e fazer tijolos, e executar todo tipo de trabalho agrícola; em tudo os egípcios os sujeitavam a cruel escravidão.15O rei do Egito ordenou às parteiras dos hebreus, que se chamavam Sifrá e Puá:16“Quando vocês ajudarem as hebreias a dar à luz, verifiquem se é menino*. Se for, matem-no; se for menina, deixem-na viver”.17Todavia, as parteiras temeram a Deus e não obedeceram às ordens do rei do Egito; deixaram viver os meninos.18Então o rei do Egito convocou as parteiras e lhes perguntou: “Por que vocês fizeram isso? Por que deixaram viver os meninos?”19Responderam as parteiras ao faraó: “As mulheres hebreias não são como as egípcias. São cheias de vigor e dão à luz antes de chegarem as parteiras”.20Deus foi bondoso com as parteiras; e o povo ia se tornando ainda mais numeroso, cada vez mais forte.21Visto que as parteiras temeram a Deus, ele concedeu-lhes que tivessem suas próprias famílias.22Por isso o faraó ordenou a todo o seu povo: “Lancem ao Nilo todo menino recém-nascido*, mas deixem viver as meninas”.
English Standard Version
Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt
1These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: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.6Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.7But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
Pharaoh Oppresses Israel
8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.9And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.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.”11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.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 slaves14and 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.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.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.21And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.22Then 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.”
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