Exodus 1:1–7

ISRAEL OPPRESSED IN EGYPT

1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:a

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5 The total number of Jacob’s descendantsA was seventy;* b Joseph was already in Egypt.

6 Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation eventually died.c 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerousd so that the land was filled with them.