출애굽기 1

1야곱과 함께 각기 권속을 데리고 애굽에 이른 이스라엘 아들들의 이름은 이러하니 2르우벤과 시므온과 레위와 유다와 3잇사갈과 스불론과 베냐민과 4단과 납달리와 갓과 아셀이요 5이미 애굽에 있는 요셉까지 야곱의 혈속이 모두 칠십 인이었더라 6요셉과 그의 모든 형제와 그 시대 사람은 다 죽었고 7이스라엘 자손은 생육이 중다하고 번식하고 창성하고 심히 강대하여 온 땅에 가득하게 되었더라 8요셉을 알지 못하는 새 왕이 일어나서 애굽을 다스리더니 9그가 그 신민에게 이르되 이 백성 이스라엘 자손이 우리보다 많고 강하도다 10자 우리가 그들에게 대하여 지혜롭게 하자 두렵건대 그들이 더 많게 되면 전쟁이 일어날 때에 우리 대적과 합하여 우리와 싸우고 이 땅에서 갈까 하노라 하고 11감독들을 그들 위에 세우고 그들에게 무거운 짐을 지워 괴롭게 하여 그들로 바로를 위하여 국고성 비돔과 라암셋을 건축하게 하니라 12그러나 학대를 받을수록 더욱 번식하고 창성하니 애굽 사람이 이스라엘 자손을 인하여 근심하여 13이스라엘 자손의 역사를 엄하게 하여 14고역으로 그들의 생활을 괴롭게 하니 곧 흙 이기기와 벽돌 굽기와 농사의 여러가지 일이라 그 시키는 역사가 다 엄하였더라 15애굽 왕이 히브리 산파 십브라라 하는 자와 부아라 하는 자에게 일러 16가로되 너희는 히브리 여인을 위하여 조산할 때에 살펴서 남자여든 죽이고 여자여든 그는 살게 두라 17그러나 산파들이 하나님을 두려워하여 애굽 왕의 명을 어기고 남자를 살린지라 18애굽 왕이 산파를 불러서 그들에게 이르되 너희가 어찌 이같이 하여 남자를 살렸느냐 19산파가 바로에게 대답하되 히브리 여인은 애굽 여인과 같지 아니하고 건장하여 산파가 그들에게 이르기 전에 해산하였더이다 하매 20하나님이 그 산파들에게 은혜를 베푸시니라 백성은 생육이 번성하고 심히 강대하며 21산파는 하나님을 경외하였으므로 하나님이 그들의 집을 왕성케 하신지라 22그러므로 바로가 그 모든 신민에게 명하여 가로되 남자가 나거든 너희는 그를 하수에 던지고 여자여든 살리라 하였더라

1Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who 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. 5All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already. 6Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation. 7The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph. 9He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. 10Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.” 11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve, 14and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve. 15The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, 16and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 17But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive. 18The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?” 19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” 20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty. 21Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. 22Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

1Dit nu zijn de namen der zonen van Israel, die in Egypte gekomen zijn, met Jakob; zij kwamen er in, elk met zijn huis. 2Ruben, Simeon, Levi, en Juda; 3Issaschar, Zebulon, en Benjamin; 4Dan en Nafthali, Gad en Aser. 5Al de zielen nu, die uit Jakobs heup voortgekomen zijn, waren zeventig zielen; doch Jozef was in Egypte. 6Toen nu Jozef gestorven was, en al zijn broeders, en al dat geslacht, 7Zo werden de kinderen Israels vruchtbaar en wiesen overvloedig, en zij vermeerderden, en werden gans zeer machtig, zodat het land met hen vervuld werd. 8Daarna stond een nieuwe koning op over Egypte, die Jozef niet gekend had; 9Die zeide tot zijn volk: Ziet, het volk der kinderen Israels is veel, ja, machtiger dan wij. 10Komt aan, laat ons wijselijk tegen hetzelve handelen, opdat het niet vermenigvuldige, en het geschiede, als er enige krijg voorvalt, dat het zich ook niet vervoege tot onze vijanden, en tegen ons strijde, en uit het land optrekke. 11En zij zetten oversten der schattingen over hetzelve, om het te verdrukken met hun lasten; want men bouwde voor Farao schatsteden, Pitom en Raamses. 12Maar hoe meer zij het verdrukten, hoe meer het vermeerderde, en hoe meer het wies; zodat zij verdrietig waren vanwege de kinderen Israels. 13En de Egyptenaars deden de kinderen Israels dienen met hardigheid. 14Zodat zij hun het leven bitter maakten met harden dienst, in leem en in tichelstenen, en met allen dienst op het veld, met al hun dienst, dien zij hen deden dienen met hardigheid. 15Daarenboven sprak de koning van Egypte tot de vroedvrouwen der Hebreinnen, welker ener naam Sifra, en de naam der andere Pua was; 16En zeide: Wanneer gij de Hebreinnen in het baren helpt, en ziet haar op de stoelen; is het een zoon, zo doodt hem; maar is het een dochter, zo laat haar leven! 17Doch de vroedvrouwen vreesden God, en deden niet, gelijk als de koning van Egypte tot haar gesproken had, maar zij behielden de knechtjes in het leven. 18Toen riep de koning van Egypte de vroedvrouwen, en zeide tot haar: Waarom hebt gij deze zaak gedaan, dat gij de knechtjes in het leven behouden hebt? 19En de vroedvrouwen zeiden tot Farao: Omdat de Hebreinnen niet zijn gelijk de Egyptische vrouwen; want zij zijn sterk; eer de vroedvrouw tot haar komt, zo hebben zij gebaard. 20Daarom deed God aan de vroedvrouwen goed; en dat volk vermeerderde, en het werd zeer machtig. 21En het geschiedde, dewijl de vroedvrouwen God vreesden, zo bouwde Hij haar huizen. 22Toen gebood Farao aan al zijn volk, zeggende: Alle zonen, die geboren worden, zult gij in de rivier werpen, maar al de dochteren in het leven behouden.