¹وهذه اسماء بني اسرائيل الذين جاءوا الى مصر. مع يعقوب جاء كل انسان وبيته.

¹And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:

²رأوبين وشمعون ولاوي ويهوذا

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

³ويسّاكر وزبولون وبنيامين

³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

⁴ودان ونفتالي وجاد واشير.

⁴Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

⁵وكانت جميع نفوس الخارجين من صلب يعقوب سبعين نفسا. ولكن يوسف كان في مصر.

⁵And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

⁶ومات يوسف وكل اخوته وجميع ذلك الجيل.

⁶And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

⁷واما بنو اسرائيل فاثمروا وتوالدوا ونموا وكثروا كثيرا جدا وامتلأت الارض منهم

⁷And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

⁸ثم قام ملك جديد على مصر لم يكن يعرف يوسف.

⁸And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

⁹فقال لشعبه هوذا بنو اسرائيل شعب اكثر واعظم منا.

⁹And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

¹⁰هلم نحتال لهم لئلا ينموا فيكون اذا حدثت حرب انهم ينضمون الى اعدائنا ويحاربوننا ويصعدون من الارض.

¹⁰Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

¹¹فجعلوا عليهم رؤساء تسخير لكي يذلّوهم باثقالهم. فبنوا لفرعون مدينتي مخازن فيثوم ورعمسيس.

¹¹And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

¹²ولكن بحسبما اذلّوهم هكذا نموا وامتدّوا. فاختشوا من بني اسرائيل.

¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

¹³فاستعبد المصريون بني اسرائيل بعنف.

¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

¹⁴ومرّروا حياتهم بعبودية قاسية في الطين واللبن وفي كل عمل في الحقل. كل عملهم الذي عملوه بواسطتهم عنفا

¹⁴and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

¹⁵وكلم ملك مصر قابلتي العبرانيات اللتين اسم احداهما شفرة واسم الاخرى فوعة.

¹⁵And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives -- of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah --

¹⁶وقال حينما تولّدان العبرانيات وتنظرانهنّ على الكراسي. ان كان ابنا فاقتلاه وان كانت بنتا فتحيا.

¹⁶and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

¹⁷ولكن القابلتين خافتا الله ولم تفعلا كما كلمهما ملك مصر. بل استحيتا الاولاد.

¹⁷But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

¹⁸فدعا ملك مصر القابلتين وقال لهما لماذا فعلتما هذا الامر واستحييتما الاولاد.

¹⁸And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

¹⁹فقالت القابتان لفرعون ان النساء العبرانيات لسن كالمصريات. فانهنّ قويات يلدن قبل ان تاتيهنّ القابلة.

¹⁹And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

²⁰فاحسن الله الى القابلتين. ونما الشعب وكثر جدا.

²⁰And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

²¹وكان اذ خافت القابلتان الله انه صنع لهما بيوتا.

²¹And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

²²ثم امر فرعون جميع شعبه قائلا كل ابن يولد تطرحونه في النهر. لكن كل بنت تستحيونها

²²Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.