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Exodus 1 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:1 - These are the names of the sons of Israel that came into Egypt together with Jacob their father; they came in each with their whole family.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:3 - Issachar, Zabulon, Benjamin,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:4 - Dan and Nephthalim, Gad and Aser.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - But Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls born of Jacob were seventy-five.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:6 - And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:8 - And there arose up another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9 - And he said to his nation, Behold, the race of the children of Israel is a great multitude, and is stronger than we:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:10 - come then, let us deal craftily with them, lest at any time they be increased, and whensoever war shall happen to us, these also shall be added to our enemies, and having prevailed against us in war, they will depart out of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - And he set over them task-masters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:13 - And the Egyptians tyrannised over the children of Israel by force.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - And they embittered their life by hard labours, in the clay and in brick-making, and all the works in the plains, according to all the works, wherein they caused them to serve with violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:15 - And the king of the Egyptians spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews; the name of the one was, Sepphora; and the name of the second, Phua.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:17 - But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - And the midwives said to Pharao, The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for they are delivered before the midwives go in to them. So they bore children.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 - And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:21 - And as the midwives feared God, they established for themselves families.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - And Pharao charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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