1Yo, these are the names of the fam of Israel who rolled up into Egypt; every dude and his crew came with Jacob.

2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, straight up.

3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, no cap.

4Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher, all in.

5Jacob's whole squad was seventy souls deep; Joseph was already in Egypt, vibin’.

6Then Joseph dipped, and all his bros did too, like that whole generation was gone.

7The children of Israel were thriving, popping off, and getting super strong; the land was lit with them.

8But then a new king over Egypt popped up, and he didn’t even know Joseph.

9He’s like, "Yo, the Israelites are way more lit and strong than us!"

10So he’s like, “Bet, let’s be smart about this; if they keep growing, they might team up with our enemies in a war and bounce.”

11So they set some taskmasters over them to make life hard. They built treasure cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses, fr.

12But the more they tried to bring them down, the more the Israelites multiplied and grew; it was savage.

13The Egyptians made the Israelites work hard, no cap.

14They made their lives bitter with brutal work, like brick and mortar, and everything in the fields was rough.

15Then the king of Egypt hit up the Hebrew midwives, one named Shiphrah and the other Puah.

16He told them, “When you’re midwifing the Hebrew ladies, if it’s a boy, you gotta kill him; but if it’s a girl, she gets to live.”

17But the midwives feared God and didn’t do what the king said; they kept the boys alive.

18The king called them in and was like, “Why y’all doing this? Why are the boys still alive?”

19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “The Hebrew ladies are wild; they give birth before we even show up!”

20So God blessed the midwives, and the people just kept multiplying and getting strong, periodt.

21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families.

22Pharaoh told all his people, “Every boy born, toss him in the river; but save the girls.”

1Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which 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.

5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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

7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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

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