The Names of the Sons of Israel Who Went to Egypt With Jacob

The Israelites were exceedingly fruitful. They multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them. Pharaoh is king of Egypt. Look, he said to his people, the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, although they will become even more numerous. And if war breaks out, we'll join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country. So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor. But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread. In all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.