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Êxodo 1
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Êxodo 1
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Os israelitas oprimidos
1 Estes são os nomes dos filhos de Israel que vieram com ele para o Egito com as suas famílias:
2 Rúben, Simeão, Levi, Judá,
3 Issacar, Zebulão, Benjamim,
4 Dan, Naftali, Gad e Aser.
5 Foram ao todo com ele 70 pessoas. José já estava no Egito.
6 Tanto José como cada um dos irmãos foram morrendo, tendo desaparecido toda aquela geração. 7 Entretanto, os seus descendentes multiplicaram-se imenso, de tal forma que depressa se tornaram uma grande nação, enchendo toda aquela terra de Gosen onde habitavam.
8 Então chegou ao trono um rei que não conhecia José; 9 e disse ao seu povo: “Estes israelitas tornaram-se um perigo, porque são muitos e fortes. 10 Vamos pois tomar medidas convenientes para pôr fim a isto. Caso contrário, se vier uma guerra, juntar-se-ão aos nossos inimigos, lutando contra nós, e dessa forma fugirão do país.”
11 Assim, os egípcios começaram a oprimi-los e impuseram-lhes capatazes que os subjugaram com cargas insuportáveis, enquanto estavam a trabalhar na construção das cidades de entreposto Pitom e Ramessés. 12 No entanto, quanto mais os subjugavam mais se reproduziam; de forma que os egípcios se alarmavam. 13 Por isso, tornavam a escravidão dos israelitas 14 ainda mais amarga, forçando-os a trabalhar sem descanso nos campos, com toda a espécie de pesadas cargas e duros trabalhos, com barro e tijolos.
15 Então o Faraó, o rei do Egito, deu instruções às parteiras dos hebreus, que se chamavam Sifrá e Puá, 16 para que quando lhes nascessem filhos, se fossem meninos, os matassem, se fossem meninas, as deixassem viver. 17 Só que as parteiras temiam Deus e não obedeceram ao rei. Deixaram viver os meninos igualmente. 18 Por isso, o rei mandou chamá-las e perguntou-lhes: “Porque é que não fizeram o que eu mandei e não mataram os meninos?”
19 “Porque as mulheres hebreias”, responderam-lhe, “são muito rápidas a terem os bebés, de forma que quando lá chegamos é sempre depois do tempo. Nisso não são como as egípcias.”
20 Deus abençoou as parteiras e o povo de Israel continuou a multiplicar-se e foi-se tornando muito forte. 21 Deus deu a essas mulheres filhos e uma família próspera, porque temeram a sua vontade.
22 Perante isto o Faraó mandou ao seu povo que pegassem em todos os meninos recém-nascidos dos hebreus e os lançassem ao rio Nilo, mas que às meninas lhes poupassem a vida.
Exodus 1
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Exodus 1
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The Israelites Oppressed
1 These are the names of the sons of Israel(A) who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.(B) 5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy[a] in all;(C) Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,(D) 7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers(E) and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.
8 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.(F) 9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous(G) for us.(H) 10 Come, we must deal shrewdly(I) 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.”(J)
11 So they put slave masters(K) over them to oppress them with forced labor,(L) and they built Pithom and Rameses(M) as store cities(N) for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly.(O) 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(P) in brick(Q) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(R)
15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives,(S) whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”(T) 17 The midwives, however, feared(U) God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do;(V) they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”(W)
20 So God was kind to the midwives(X) and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared(Y) God, he gave them families(Z) of their own.
22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile,(AA) but let every girl live.”(AB)
Footnotes
- Exodus 1:5 Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) seventy-five
Exodus 1
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Exodus 1
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Israel’s Suffering in Egypt
1 Now (A)these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 All those [a]who were descendants of Jacob were (B)seventy[b] persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already). 6 And (C)Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 (D)But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and [c]grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, (E)who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and (F)mightier than we; 10 (G)come, let us (H)deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (I)to afflict them with their (J)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh (K)supply cities, Pithom (L)and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. 13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel (M)serve with [d]rigor. 14 And they (N)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—(O)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the (P)Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a (Q)son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 17 But the midwives (R)feared God, and did not do (S)as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”
19 And (T)the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they [e]are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”
20 (U)Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and [f]grew very mighty. 21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, (V)that He [g]provided households for them.
22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, (W)“Every son who is [h]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 1:5 Lit. who came from the loins of
- Exodus 1:5 DSS, LXX seventy-five; cf. Acts 7:14
- Exodus 1:7 became very numerous
- Exodus 1:13 harshness
- Exodus 1:19 have vigor of life, bear quickly, easily
- Exodus 1:20 became very numerous
- Exodus 1:21 gave them families
- Exodus 1:22 Sam., LXX, Tg. add to the Hebrews
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