1. The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him, each with his family, were
2. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3. Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4. Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
13-14. and made their lives miserable by forcing them into cruel slavery. They made them work on their building projects and in their fields, and they had no mercy on them.
20-21. Because the midwives feared God, he was good to them and gave them families of their own. And the Israelites continued to increase and become strong.