Exodus 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israël qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum cum Jacob: singuli cum domibus suis introierunt:
1Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3Issachar, Zabulon et Benjamin,
3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4Dan et Nephthali, Gad et Aser.
4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5Erant igitur omnes animæ eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Jacob, septuaginta: Joseph autem in Ægypto erat.
5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already .
6Quo mortuo, et universis fratribus ejus, omnique cognatione illa,
6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7filii Israël creverunt, et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt: ac roborati nimis, impleverunt terram.
7¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8Surrexit interea rex novus super Ægyptum, qui ignorabat Joseph.
8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9Et ait ad populum suum: Ecce, populus filiorum Israël multus, et fortior nobis est.
9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
10Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum, ne forte multiplicetur: et si ingruerit contra nos bellum, addatur inimicis nostris, expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.
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.
11Præposuit itaque eis magistros operum, ut affligerent eos oneribus: ædificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni, Phithom et Ramesses.
11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12Quantoque opprimebant eos, tanto magis multiplicabantur, et crescebant:
12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13oderantque filios Israël Ægyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis,
13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti et lateris, omnique famulatu, quo in terræ operibus premebantur.
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.
15Dixit autem rex Ægypti obstetricibus Hebræorum, quarum una vocabatur Sephora, altera Phua,
15¶ And 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:
16præcipiens eis: Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas, et partus tempus advenerit: si masculus fuerit, interficite eum: si femina, reservate.
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.
17Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti, sed conservabant mares.
17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
18Quibus ad se accersitis, rex ait: Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis, ut pueros servaretis?
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?
19Quæ responderunt: Non sunt Hebreæ sicut ægyptiæ mulieres: ipsæ enim obstetricandi habent scientiam, et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.
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.
20Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus: et crevit populus, confortatusque est nimis.
20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, ædificavit eis domos.
21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22Præcepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo, dicens: Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, in flumen projicite: quidquid feminini, reservate.
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.
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