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.
8. Now there rose up a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
9. He said to his people, “Surely, the people of the sons of Israel are more numerous and powerful than we.
10. Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that when any war breaks out, they also join our enemies, and fight against us, and escape from the land.”
11. Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their labor. They built for Pharaoh storage cities: Pithom and Rameses.