English Bible Presentation Sharing - Exodus Book, chapter 1, verse 38 in Nlv Version

Exodus 1 : 1 (NLV)

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob. Each one came with those of his house:

Exodus 1 : 2 (NLV)

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

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Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,

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Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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There were seventy people in Jacob's family. But Joseph was already in Egypt.

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Joseph and all his brothers died and all their families of that time.

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But the sons of Israel had many children, and the people became many in number. There were so many that the land was filled with them.

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Then a new king came into power over Egypt. He did not know Joseph.

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He said to his people, "See, the people of Israel are too many and too powerful for us.

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Come, let us be wise in how we act towards them, or they will become more in number. If there is a war, they might join with those who hate us. They might fight against us and then leave the land."

Exodus 1 : 11 (NLV)

So they put men in power over them to make them work hard. And they built the store-cities Pithom and Raamses for Pharaoh the king.

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But the more the Egyptians made them suffer, the more they became until they spread throughout the land. So the Egyptians were afraid of the people of Israel.

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The Egyptians made the people of Israel work very hard.

Exodus 1 : 14 (NLV)

They made their lives bitter with hard work building with stones and with all kinds of work in the field. They made them work very hard.

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Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew nurses. The name of one was Shiphrah. The name of the other was Puah.

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He said, "When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth, and see the baby before the mother does, if it is a son, kill him. But if it is a daughter, let her live."

Exodus 1 : 17 (NLV)

But the nurses feared God. They did not do what the king of Egypt told them. They let the boys live.

Exodus 1 : 18 (NLV)

So the king of Egypt called the nurses and said to them, "Why have you done this, and let the boys live?"

Exodus 1 : 19 (NLV)

The nurses answered Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. They are strong. They give birth before the nurse comes to them."

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So God was good to the nurses. And the people became many and strong.

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Because the nurses feared God, He gave them families.

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Then Pharaoh told all his people, "Throw every son who is born to the Hebrews into the Nile. But keep every daughter alive."