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1 Esta es la lista de los hijos de Jacob que lo acompañaron a Egipto con sus familias:
1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
2 Rubén, Simeón, Leví, Judá, Isacar, Zabulón, Benjamín, Dan, Neftalí, Gad y Aser.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Not in this translation
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Not in this translation
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 El número total de las personas que lo acompañaron fue de setenta (porque José ya estaba allá).
5 All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 Con el correr del tiempo, José y sus hermanos murieron, y se acabó toda aquella generación.
6 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Pero sus descendientes fueron muy fructíferos y se multiplicaron rápidamente, de modo que llegaron a ser un pueblo muy numeroso y fuerte. ¡Todo el país se fue llenando de israelitas!
7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Pasado el tiempo, subió al trono de Egipto un nuevo rey que no se sintió comprometido con los descendientes de José.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
9 «Estos israelitas se han convertido en un peligro para nosotros, porque son demasiados —dijo a su pueblo—.
9 He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10 Tenemos que buscar la manera de ponerle fin a esto. De otro modo, en caso de guerra, podrían aliarse con nuestros enemigos, pelear en contra de nosotros y escapar del país».
10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”
11 Entonces los egipcios esclavizaron a los hebreos, y les pusieron capataces muy crueles. Estos les asignaron la dura tarea de edificar las ciudades de Pitón y Ramsés, que eran las ciudades donde el rey almacenaba todas las provisiones.
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
12 Pero cuanto más los oprimían los egipcios, más se multiplicaban los israelitas. Los egipcios estaban alarmados
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
13 e hicieron aún más amarga la esclavitud de los hebreos. Los obligaron a trabajar duramente largas jornadas en los campos y a acarrear pesadas cargas de ladrillo y mezcla.
13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
14 Not in this translation
14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
15 El faraón, rey de Egipto, ordenó a las parteras que atendían a las mujeres hebreas (dos de las cuales se llamaban Sifrá y Fuvá) que se fijaran en el sexo del bebé a la hora de nacer, y que mataran a todos los niños hebreos en cuanto nacieran, y que dejaran con vida sólo a las niñas.
15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
16 Not in this translation
16 and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17 Pero las parteras tenían temor de Dios y desobedecieron al faraón, pues permitían que los niños vivieran.
17 But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 El faraón las citó para que se presentaran delante de él, y les preguntó: ―¿Por qué me han desobedecido y han dejado vivir a los niños?
18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
19 ―Señor —dijeron ellas—, las mujeres hebreas no son como las egipcias, son tan vigorosas que dan a luz antes de que nosotras lleguemos.
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
20 Dios bendijo a las parteras por haber favorecido a su pueblo. Así que los israelitas siguieron multiplicándose, hasta llegar a ser una nación poderosa.
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 Y como las parteras tuvieron temor de Dios, él les permitió tener muchos hijos.
21 Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22 Entonces el faraón ordenó a su pueblo que echaran al río Nilo a todo niño hebreo que naciera, pero que a las niñas las dejaran con vida.
22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
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Puah
One of the two Hebrew midwives who feared God and refused Pharaoh's order to kill the Hebrew boys, and whom God rewarded with families of their own.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 1:15–21
Shiphrah
One of the two Hebrew midwives who feared God and refused Pharaoh's order to kill the Hebrew boys, and whom God rewarded with families of their own.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 1:15–21
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 46:8–26; 1 Chronicles 2:1–2; Genesis 35:23–26; Exodus 6:14–16; Genesis 49:3–27
- 2 Genesis 35:22
- 5 Deuteronomy 10:22; Genesis 46:26–27; Judges 8:30; Exodus 1:20
- 6 Genesis 50:26; Acts 7:14–16; Genesis 50:24
- 7 Genesis 46:3; Deuteronomy 26:5; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 9:1
- 8 Acts 7:18; Ecclesiastes 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 9:15
- 9 Psalm 105:24–25; James 3:14–16; Ecclesiastes 4:4; Proverbs 14:28; Proverbs 27:4
- 10 Acts 7:19; Psalm 83:3–4; Proverbs 1:11; Psalm 105:25; Psalm 10:2
- 11 Genesis 15:13; Genesis 47:11; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 2:11; Deuteronomy 26:6
- 12 Psalm 105:24; Exodus 1:9; Romans 8:28; Acts 5:28–33; Acts 4:2–4
- 13 Deuteronomy 4:20
- 17 Acts 5:29; Exodus 1:21; Luke 12:5; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Matthew 10:28
- 18 Ecclesiastes 8:4; 2 Samuel 13:28
- 19 Joshua 2:4–24; 2 Samuel 17:19–20; 1 Samuel 21:2
- 20 Isaiah 3:10; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Proverbs 11:18; Psalm 111:5; Exodus 1:12
- 21 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Samuel 2:35; Psalm 37:3; Ecclesiastes 8:12; 2 Samuel 7:27–29
- 22 Acts 7:19; Proverbs 1:16; Psalm 105:25; Proverbs 4:16; Revelation 16:4–6
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… power rigorously upon the children of Israel; and they made life bitter to them by severe labours, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field which they did, by all the works in which they oppressed them with rigour." And with immense labour they built for them fenced cities, increasing the substance of these …
And again, did not that very nation, when making bricks in Egypt, also serve hard rulers, not only in gold and silver, but also in clay? If you were never in bondage to any man, ungrateful people, why is it that God is continually reminding you that He delivered you from the house of bondage?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)