Exodus · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Exodus 1 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και ταύτα είναι τα ονόματα των υιών Ισραήλ, των εισελθόντων εις Αίγυπτον μετά του Ιακώβ· έκαστος μετά της οικογένειας αυτού εισήλθον.
1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
2 Ρουβήν, Συμεών, Λευΐ και Ιούδας,
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Ισσάχαρ, Ζαβουλών και Βενιαμίν,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Δαν και Νεφθαλί, Γαδ και Ασήρ.
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 Και πάσαι αι ψυχαί αι εξελθούσαι εκ του μηρού του Ιακώβ ήσαν ψυχαί εβδομήκοντα· ο δε Ιωσήφ ήτο ήδη εν Αιγύπτω.
5 All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 Ετελεύτησε δε ο Ιωσήφ και πάντες οι αδελφοί αυτού, και πάσα η γενεά εκείνη.
6 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 Και ηυξήνθησαν οι υιοί Ισραήλ και επληθύνθησαν, και επολλαπλασιάσθησαν, και ενεδυναμώθησαν σφόδρα, ώστε ο τόπος εγέμισεν απ' αυτών.
7 The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Εσηκώθη δε νέος βασιλεύς επί την Αίγυπτον, όστις δεν εγνώριζε τον Ιωσήφ.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
9 Και είπε προς τον λαόν αυτού, Ιδού, ο λαός των υιών Ισραήλ είναι πολύ πλήθος και ισχυρότερος ημών·
9 He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10 έλθετε, ας σοφισθώμεν κατ' αυτών, διά να μη πολλαπλασιασθώσι, και αν συμβή πόλεμος ενωθώσι και ούτοι μετά των εχθρών ημών και πολεμήσωσιν ημάς και αναχωρήσωσιν εκ του τόπου.
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 Κατέστησαν λοιπόν επ' αυτούς επιστάτας των εργασιών, διά να καταθλίβωσιν αυτούς με τα βάρη αυτών· και ωκοδόμησαν εις τον Φαραώ πόλεις αποθηκών, την Πιθώμ και την Ραμεσσή.
11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
12 Όσον όμως κατέθλιβον αυτούς, τόσω μάλλον επληθύνοντο και ηυξάνοντο. Και οι Αιγύπτιοι απεστρέφοντο τους υιούς Ισραήλ.
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 Και κατεδυνάστευον οι Αιγύπτιοι τους υιούς Ισραήλ αυστηρώς·
13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
14 και κατεπίκραινον την ζωήν αυτών διά της σκληράς δουλείας εις τον πηλόν και εις τας πλίνθους, και εις πάσας τας εργασίας των πεδιάδων· πάσαι αι εργασίαι αυτών, με τας οποίας κατεδυνάστευον αυτούς, ήσαν αυστηραί.
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 Και ελάλησεν ο βασιλεύς των Αιγυπτίων προς τας μαίας των Εβραίων, εκ των οποίων η μία ωνομάζετο Σεπφώρα, και η άλλη Φουά,
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 και είπεν, Όταν μαιεύητε τας Εβραίας και ίδητε αυτάς επί της γέννας, εάν μεν ήναι αρσενικόν, θανατόνετε αυτό· εάν δε ήναι θηλυκόν, τότε ας ζήση.
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 Εφοβήθησαν δε αι μαίαι τον Θεόν και δεν έκαμνον ως είπε προς αυτάς ο βασιλεύς της Αιγύπτου, αλλ' άφινον ζώντα τα αρσενικά.
17 But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 Καλέσας δε ο βασιλεύς της Αιγύπτου τας μαίας, είπε προς αυτάς, Διά τι εκάμετε το πράγμα τούτο, και αφίνετε ζώντα τα αρσενικά;
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 Και απεκρίθησαν αι μαίαι προς τον Φαραώ, Ότι αι Εβραίαι δεν είναι ως αι γυναίκες της Αιγύπτου· διότι είναι εύρωστοι και γεννώσι πριν εισέλθωσιν εις αυτάς αι μαίαι.
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 Ο δε Θεός ηγαθοποίει τας μαίας· και επληθύνετο ο λαός και ενεδυναμούτο σφόδρα.
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 Και επειδή αι μαίαι εφοβούντο τον Θεόν, έκαμεν εις αυτάς οίκους.
21 Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22 Ο δε Φαραώ προσέταξε πάντα τον λαόν αυτού, λέγων, Παν αρσενικόν το οποίον γεννηθή, εις τον ποταμόν ρίπτετε αυτό· παν δε θηλυκόν, αφίνετε να ζη.
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 (20)
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
- 3 Exodus 28:20; Genesis 35:23
- 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
- 14 Acts 7:19; Numbers 20:15; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 6:9; Acts 7:34
- 16 Exodus 1:22; Matthew 21:38
- 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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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)