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Ex. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came intob Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Gen. 46:8• ⁸And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons. Jacob's firstborn, Reuben. (Gen. 46:8)

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The title of this Book is derived from the Septuagint; in which it is called [exodos,], "Exodus;" or, as it is in the Codex Alexandrinus, [exodos

aiguptou,] "the Exodus or departure from Egypt;" but it is called in Hebrew Bibles [w'lh shmwt,] {Weelleh Shemoth,} "these are the names", or merely, [shmwt,] {Shemoth,} "names", from the words with which it commences.

1-7: The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, increase.

8-14: The more they are oppressed by a new king, the more they multiply.

15-21: The godliness of the midwives, in saving the men children alive.

22: Pharaoh commands the male children to be cast into the river.

Ex. 6:14‑16• ¹⁴These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.
¹⁵--And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
¹⁶And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years. (Ex. 6:14‑16)

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Gen. 29:31‑35• ³¹And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
³²And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Reuben; for she said, Because Jehovah has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
³³And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.
³⁴And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be united to me, for I have borne him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi.
³⁵And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, This time will I praise Jehovah; therefore she called his name Judah. And she ceased to bear. (Gen. 29:31‑35)

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Gen. 30:1‑21• ¹And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
²And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
³And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.
⁴And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
⁵And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
⁶And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.
⁷And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.
⁸And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
⁹And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.
¹⁰And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.
¹¹And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.
¹²And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.
¹³And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.
¹⁴And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
¹⁵And she said to her, Is it too little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
¹⁶And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
¹⁷And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
¹⁸And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.
¹⁹And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;
²⁰and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
²¹And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah. (Gen. 30:1‑21)

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Gen. 35:18,23‑26• ¹⁸And it came to pass as her soul was departing--for she died--that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.
²³The sons of Leah: Reuben--Jacob's firstborn--and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
²⁴The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
²⁵And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
²⁶And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram. (Gen. 35:18,23‑26)

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Gen. 46:8‑26• ⁸And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons. Jacob's firstborn, Reuben.
⁹And the sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
¹⁰--And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
¹¹--And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
¹²--And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pherez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pherez were Hezron and Hamul.
¹³--And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Job, and Shimron.
¹⁴--And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
¹⁵--These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram; and his daughter, Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
¹⁶And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
¹⁷--And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
¹⁸--These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: sixteen souls.
¹⁹The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
²⁰And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asnath bore to him, the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On.
²¹--And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
²²--These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
²³And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
²⁴--And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
²⁵--These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
²⁶All the souls that came with Jacob to Egypt, that had come out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives: all the souls were sixty-six. (Gen. 46:8‑26)

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Gen. 49:3‑27• ³Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.
⁴Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my bed.
⁵Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.
⁶My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.
⁷Cursed be their anger, for it was violent; And their rage, for it was cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
⁸Judah--as to thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.
⁹Judah is a young lion; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stoopeth, he layeth himself down as a lion, And as a lioness: who will rouse him up?
¹⁰The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.
¹¹He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass's colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment in the blood of grapes.
¹²The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth are white with milk.
¹³Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; Yea, he will be at the shore of the ships, And his side toucheth upon Sidon.
¹⁴Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.
¹⁵And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.
¹⁶Dan will judge his people, As another of the tribes of Israel.
¹⁷Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.
¹⁸I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
¹⁹Gad--troops will rush upon him; But he will rush upon the heel.
²⁰Out of Asher, his bread shall be fat, And he will give royal dainties.
²¹Naphtali is a hind let loose; He giveth goodly words.
²²Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; His branches shoot over the wall.
²³The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;
²⁴But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:
²⁵From the *God of thy father, and he will help thee; And from the Almighty, and he will bless thee--With blessings of heaven from above, With blessings of the deep that lieth under, With blessings of the breast and of the womb.
²⁶The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
²⁷Benjamin--as a wolf will he tear to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty. (Gen. 49:3‑27)

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1 Chron. 2:1‑2• ¹These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,
²Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. (1 Chron. 2:1‑2)

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1 Chron. 12:23‑40• ²³And this is the number of the men equipped for military service, who came to David to Hebron, to transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
²⁴The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, equipped for military service.
²⁵Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for war, seven thousand one hundred.
²⁶Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.
²⁷And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;
²⁸and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.
²⁹And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.
³⁰And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valour, men of name in their fathers' houses.
³¹And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
³²And of the children of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their bidding.
³³Of Zebulun, such as went forth in the host, armed for war with all weapons of war, fifty thousand, keeping rank without double heart.
³⁴And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.
³⁵And of the Danites armed for war twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
³⁶And of Asher such as went forth in the host, to set themselves in battle array, forty thousand.
³⁷And from the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
³⁸All of them men of war, keeping rank in battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
³⁹And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;
⁴⁰and those too that were near them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; provisions of meal, fig-cakes and raisin-cakes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep, abundantly; for there was joy in Israel. (1 Chron. 12:23‑40)

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1 Chron. 27:16‑22• ¹⁶And over the tribes of Israel were: for the Reubenites Eliezer the son of Zichri was the prince; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah;
¹⁷for the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;
¹⁸for Judah, Elihu of the brethren of David; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
¹⁹for Zebulun, Jishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel;
²⁰for the children of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Azaziah; for the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
²¹for the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Jiddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;
²²for Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. (1 Chron. 27:16‑22)

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Rev. 7:4‑8• ⁴And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:
⁵out of the tribe of Juda, twelve thousand sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;
⁶out of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Nepthalim, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand;
⁷out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand;
⁸out of the tribe of Zabulun, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand sealed. (Rev. 7:4‑8)

• The things that are done on the earth He does them Himself. He prepares all beforehand when nothing is as yet apparent to man. (“Exodus 1-2” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each witha his household:

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "the man and."