Exo 1:1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
Exo 1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
Exo 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
Exo 1:4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
Exo 1:5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
Exo 1:6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
Exo 1:7 but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
Exo 1:8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
Exo 1:9 "Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
Exo 1:10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country."
Exo 1:11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.