¹Hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israël qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum cum Jacob:These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob.singuli cum domibus suis introierunt:They entered, each one with his house:

¹Hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israël qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum cum Jacob:These are the names of the sons of Israel, who went into Egypt with Jacob.singuli cum domibus suis introierunt:They entered, each one with his house:

²Ruben,Reuben,Simeon,Simeon,Levi,Levi,Judas,Judah,

²Ruben,Reuben,Simeon,Simeon,Levi,Levi,Judas,Judah,

³Issachar,Issachar,ZabulonZebulun,et Benjamin,and Benjamin,

³Issachar,Issachar,ZabulonZebulun,et Benjamin,and Benjamin,

⁴Dan et Nephthali,Dan and Naphtali,Gad et Aser.Gad and Asher.

⁴Dan et Nephthali,Dan and Naphtali,Gad et Aser.Gad and Asher.

⁵Erant igitur omnes animæ eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Jacob,Therefore,septuaginta:all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob’s thigh were seventy.Joseph autem in Ægypto erat.Now Joseph was in Egypt.

⁵Erant igitur omnes animæ eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Jacob,Therefore,septuaginta:all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob’s thigh were seventy.Joseph autem in Ægypto erat.Now Joseph was in Egypt.

⁶Quo mortuo,When he had died,et universis fratribus ejus,along with all of his brothersomnique cognatione illa,and all of that generation,

⁶Quo mortuo,When he had died,et universis fratribus ejus,along with all of his brothersomnique cognatione illa,and all of that generation,

⁷filii Israël creverunt,the sons of Israel increased,et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt:and they multiplied like seedlings.ac roborati nimis,And having been strengthened exceedingly,impleverunt terram.they filled the land.

⁷filii Israël creverunt,the sons of Israel increased,et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt:and they multiplied like seedlings.ac roborati nimis,And having been strengthened exceedingly,impleverunt terram.they filled the land.

⁸Surrexit interea rex novus super Ægyptum,Meanwhile, there arose a new king over Egypt,qui ignorabat Joseph.who was ignorant of Joseph.

⁸Surrexit interea rex novus super Ægyptum,Meanwhile, there arose a new king over Egypt,qui ignorabat Joseph.who was ignorant of Joseph.

⁹Et ait ad populum suum:And he said to his people:Ecce,“Behold,populus filiorum Israël multus,the people of the sons of Israel are many,et fortior nobis est.and they are stronger than we are.

⁹Et ait ad populum suum:And he said to his people:Ecce,“Behold,populus filiorum Israël multus,the people of the sons of Israel are many,et fortior nobis est.and they are stronger than we are.

¹⁰Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum,Come, let us wisely oppress them,ne forte multiplicetur:lest they multiply;et si ingruerit contra nos bellum,and if any war should advance against us,addatur inimicis nostris,they may be added to our enemies,expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”

¹⁰Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum,Come, let us wisely oppress them,ne forte multiplicetur:lest they multiply;et si ingruerit contra nos bellum,and if any war should advance against us,addatur inimicis nostris,they may be added to our enemies,expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”

¹¹Præposuit itaque eis magistros operum,And so he set over them masters of the works,ut affligerent eos oneribus:in order to afflict them with burdens.ædificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni,And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles:Phithom et Ramesses.Pithom and Raamses.

¹¹Præposuit itaque eis magistros operum,And so he set over them masters of the works,ut affligerent eos oneribus:in order to afflict them with burdens.ædificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni,And they built for Pharaoh the cities of the tabernacles:Phithom et Ramesses.Pithom and Raamses.

¹²Quantoque opprimebant eos,And the more they oppressed them,tanto magis multiplicabantur,so much more did they multiplyet crescebant:and increase.

¹²Quantoque opprimebant eos,And the more they oppressed them,tanto magis multiplicabantur,so much more did they multiplyet crescebant:and increase.

¹³oderantque filios Israël Ægyptii,And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel,et affligebant illudentes eis,and they afflicted them and mocked them.

¹³oderantque filios Israël Ægyptii,And the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel,et affligebant illudentes eis,and they afflicted them and mocked them.

¹⁴atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris lutiAnd they led their life directly into bitterness,et lateris,with hard work in clay and brick,omnique famulatu,and with all kinds of servitude,quo in terræ operibus premebantur.so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.

¹⁴atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris lutiAnd they led their life directly into bitterness,et lateris,with hard work in clay and brick,omnique famulatu,and with all kinds of servitude,quo in terræ operibus premebantur.so that they were being overwhelmed with the works of the land.

¹⁵Dixit autem rex Ægypti obstetricibus Hebræorum,Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews,quarum una vocabatur Sephora,(one of whom one was called Shiphrah,altera Phua,another Puah)

¹⁵Dixit autem rex Ægypti obstetricibus Hebræorum,Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews,quarum una vocabatur Sephora,(one of whom one was called Shiphrah,altera Phua,another Puah)

¹⁶præcipiens eis:instructing them:Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas,“When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women,et partus tempus advenerit:and the time of delivery has arrived:si masculus fuerit,if it is male,interficite eum:put it to death;si femina,if it is female,reservate.retain it.”

¹⁶præcipiens eis:instructing them:Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas,“When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women,et partus tempus advenerit:and the time of delivery has arrived:si masculus fuerit,if it is male,interficite eum:put it to death;si femina,if it is female,reservate.retain it.”

¹⁷Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum,But the midwives feared God,et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti,and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt,sed conservabant mares.but they kept the males safe.

¹⁷Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum,But the midwives feared God,et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti,and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt,sed conservabant mares.but they kept the males safe.

¹⁸Quibus ad se accersitis,And summoning them,rex ait:the king said,Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis,“What did you intend to do,ut pueros servaretis?so that you would save the boys?”

¹⁸Quibus ad se accersitis,And summoning them,rex ait:the king said,Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis,“What did you intend to do,ut pueros servaretis?so that you would save the boys?”

¹⁹Quæ responderunt:They responded:Non sunt Hebreæ sicut ægyptiæ mulieres:“The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women.ipsæ enim obstetricandi habent scientiam,For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife,et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.and so they give birth before we can come to them.”

¹⁹Quæ responderunt:They responded:Non sunt Hebreæ sicut ægyptiæ mulieres:“The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women.ipsæ enim obstetricandi habent scientiam,For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife,et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.and so they give birth before we can come to them.”

²⁰Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus:Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives.et crevit populus,And the people increased,confortatusque est nimis.and they were strengthened exceedingly.

²⁰Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus:Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives.et crevit populus,And the people increased,confortatusque est nimis.and they were strengthened exceedingly.

²¹Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum,And because the midwives feared God,ædificavit eis domos.he built houses for them.

²¹Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum,And because the midwives feared God,ædificavit eis domos.he built houses for them.

²²Præcepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo,Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people,dicens:saying:Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit,“Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river;in flumen projicite: quidquid feminini,whatever will be born of the female sex,reservate.retain it.”

²²Præcepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo,Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people,dicens:saying:Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit,“Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river;in flumen projicite: quidquid feminini,whatever will be born of the female sex,reservate.retain it.”