Exodus Chapter 1
1 Israel’s descendants and their households that went to Egypt with Jacob: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher: 5 70 people (though Joseph was already there)
6 That whole generation died, 7 but Israel’s descendants multiplied and became so numerous they filled the country.
Ex 1:1-7
The Israelites Oppressed
8 In time, a new king came to power in Egypt who didn’t know Joseph. 9 He told his people, “There are too many Israelites, and they’re too strong. 10 Let’s deal with them wisely so, if there’s war, they won’t join our enemies and leave.” 11 They appointed taskmasters and subjected the Israelites to hard labor. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they mistreated them, the more they multiplied and spread. The Egyptians were afraid of them [ 13 ] 14 and made their lives miserable, making bricks and mortar and laboring in the fields. Ex 1:8-14
15 The king told the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you’re helping the Hebrew women on the birth stool, kill the boys.” 17 But the midwives respected God and let them live. 18 The king called them in and asked, “Why have you let the boys live?”
19 “Hebrew women aren’t like Egyptian women. They deliver quickly before midwives can get there.” 20 God was good to the midwives, and the people kept multiplying. 21 Because the midwives respected God, he gave them families of their own. 22 Pharaoh kept telling his people to throw the boys in the Nile but keep the girls.
Ex 1:15-22