Exodus 1:1-7 Modern English Version (MEV)

1. Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, which came into Egypt (each man and his household came with Jacob):

2. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3. Issachar, Zeb­ulun, and Benjamin;

4. Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5. All the people who came from the seed of Jacob were seventy people, but Joseph was in Egypt already.

6. Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.

7. Nevertheless, the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

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