{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/exodus/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:48:53.704Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now these <i>are</i> the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt <i>already</i>."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel <i>are</i> more and mightier than we:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Come 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 <i>so</i> get them up out of the land."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And 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, <i>was</i> with rigour."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one <i>was</i> Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see <i>them</i> upon the stools; if it <i>be</i> a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it <i>be</i> a daughter, then she shall live."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And 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?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women <i>are</i> not as the Egyptian women; for they <i>are</i> lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 1 (KJV)","markdown":"[Exodus 1](https://primebible.com/kjv/exodus/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/exodus/1 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}