Ex 1:1Haec sunt nōmina fīliōrum Isrāël quī ingressī sunt in Aegyptum cum Jacob: singulī cum domibus suīs introiērunt: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Jūdās, Issachar, Zabulon et Benjamin, Dan et Nephthali, Gad et Aser.These are the names of the sons of Israel who went into Egypt with Jacob: each with their households they went in: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. Ex 1:5Erant igitur omnēs animae eōrum quī ēgressī sunt dē femore Jacob, septuāgintā: Jōsēph autem in Aegyptō erat.So all the souls of those who came out from the thigh of Jacob were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt. Ex 1:6Quō mortuō, et ūniversīs frātribus ejus, omnīque cognātiōne illā, fīliī Isrāël crēvērunt, et quasi germinantēs multiplicātī sunt: ac rōborātī nimis, implēvērunt terram.He having died, and all his brothers, and all that generation, the sons of Israel grew, and as if sprouting they were multiplied: and having been made exceedingly strong, they filled the land. Ex 1:8Surrēxit intereā rēx novus super Aegyptum, quī ignōrābat Jōsēph.Meanwhile there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. Ex 1:9Et ait ad populum suum: Ecce, populus fīliōrum Isrāël multus, et fortior nōbīs est.And he says to his people: "Look, the people of the sons of Israel is numerous, and stronger than us.
Ex 1:10Venīte, sapienter opprimāmus eum, nē forte multiplicētur: et sī ingruerit contrā nōs bellum, addātur inimīcīs nostrīs, expugnātīsque nōbīs ēgrediātur dē terrā.Come, let us wisely oppress it, lest perhaps it be multiplied: and if war should fall upon us, it be added to our enemies, and, we having been conquered, go out from the land." Ex 1:11Praeposuit itaque eīs magistrōs operum, ut afflīgerent eōs oneribus: aedificāvēruntque urbēs tabernāculōrum Pharaōnī, Phithom et Ramesses.And so he set over them masters of the works, so that they might afflict them with burdens: and they built cities of tents for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses. Ex 1:12Quantōque opprimēbant eōs, tantō magis multiplicābantur, et crēscēbant: ōderantque fīliōs Isrāël Aegyptiī, et afflīgēbant illūdentēs eīs, atque ad amāritūdinem perdūcēbant vītam eōrum operibus dūrīs lutī et lateris, omnīque famulātū, quō in terrae operibus premēbantur.And the more they were oppressing them, the more they were multiplied, and were growing: and the Egyptians hated the sons of Israel, and were afflicting them, mocking them, and were bringing their life to bitterness with hard works of clay and of brick, and with every service by which they were pressed in the works of the land.
Ex 1:15Dīxit autem rēx Aegyptī obstetrīcibus Hebraeōrum, quārum ūna vocābātur Sephora, altera Phua, praecipiēns eīs: Quandō obstetrīcābitis Hebraeās, et partūs tempus advēnerit: sī masculus fuerit, interficite eum: sī fēmina, reservāte.But the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, of whom one was called Shiphrah, the other Puah, giving them orders: "When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of birth has come: if it is a male, kill it: if a female, keep it alive." Ex 1:17Timuērunt autem obstetrīcēs Deum, et nōn fēcērunt jūxtā praeceptum rēgis Aegyptī, sed cōnservābant marēs.But the midwives feared God, and did not do according to the order of the king of Egypt, but were saving the males. Ex 1:18Quibus ad sē accersītīs, rēx ait: Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis, ut puerōs servārētis?They having been summoned to him, the king said: "What ever is this which you have wanted to do, that you saved the boys?" Ex 1:19Quae respondērunt: Nōn sunt Hebrēae sīcut aegyptiae mulierēs: ipsae enim obstetrīcandī habent scientiam, et priusquam veniāmus ad eās, pariunt.And they answered: "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women: for they themselves have knowledge of midwifery, and before we come to them, they give birth."
Ex 1:20Bene ergō fēcit Deus obstetrīcibus: et crēvit populus, cōnfortātusque est nimis.Therefore God did well to the midwives: and the people grew, and was strengthened exceedingly. Ex 1:21Et quia timuērunt obstetrīcēs Deum, aedificāvit eīs domōs.And because the midwives feared God, he built houses for them. Ex 1:22Praecēpit ergō Pharaō omnī populō suō, dīcēns: Quidquid masculīnī sexūs nātum fuerit, in flūmen prōjicite: quidquid fēminīnī, reservāte.Therefore Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying: "Whatever of the male sex has been born, throw into the river: whatever of the female, keep alive."