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Exodus 1:1 – Exodus 6:1 — 124 verses — portion 13 of 54
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Verse 1א׳Standard3,161
וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים מִצְרָיְמָה אֵת יַעֲקֹב אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ בָּֽאוּ
NOW THESE are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household:
Verse 2ב׳Standard807
רְאוּבֵן שִׁמְעוֹן לֵוִי וִיהוּדָֽה
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Verse 3ג׳Standard1,083
יִשָּׂשכָר זְבוּלֻן וּבְנְיָמִֽן
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,144
דָּן וְנַפְתָּלִי גָּד וְאָשֵֽׁר
Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Verse 5ה׳Standard2,450
וַֽיְהִי כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ יֹצְאֵי יֶֽרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹב שִׁבְעִים נָפֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵף הָיָה בְמִצְרָֽיִם
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Verse 6ו׳Standard981
וַיָּמָת יוֹסֵף וְכָל־אֶחָיו וְכֹל הַדּוֹר הַהֽוּא
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Verse 7ז׳Standard3,259
וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל פָּרוּ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצוּ וַיִּרְבּוּ וַיַּֽעַצְמוּ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֹתָֽם
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Verse 8ח׳Standard2,211
וַיָּקָם מֶֽלֶךְ־חָדָשׁ עַל־מִצְרָיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדַע אֶת־יוֹסֵֽף
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Verse 9ט׳Standard1,727
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עַמּוֹ הִנֵּה עַם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רַב וְעָצוּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ
And he said unto his people: ‘Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
Verse 10י׳Standard3,316
הָבָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן־יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּֽי־תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם־הוּא עַל־שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם־בָּנוּ וְעָלָה מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ
come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.’
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain. The portion boundaries are Sefaria's Parasha structure, checked against our own index to cover every verse of the Torah exactly once.