Exodus 1:1-22 talk about how Pharaoh oppress Israelites with hard labor, order male babies’ death, but Hebrew midwives disobey, and God bless them.
1. All di children of Israel wey Joseph and e brothers bring enter Egypt na dis: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
2. Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher,
3. Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, and all their pikin.
4. But Joseph don die, e brothers don die, and all dat generation don die.
5. But di children of Israel still dey plenty, dem increase well well and fill di land.
6. Pharaoh wey dey rule Egypt now no know Joseph.
7. E come say to e people, "Di children of Israel too many for us, dem dey increase pass us.
8. We need to stop dem, make dem no too increase, because if war come, dem fit join with our enemies and fight us and leave di land."
9. So Pharaoh come give order, make dem oppress di children of Israel with hard labour.
10. Dem make dem build two city dem for Pharaoh: Pithom and Rameses.
11. But di more dem oppress di children of Israel, di more dem increase, and di more dem spread. Pharaoh come vex well well.
12. So Pharaoh call di midwives wey help Israel women deliver pikin, especially Shiphrah and Puah,
13. and say to dem, "Wetin I go tell una, if una see Israel woman born pikin, if na boy, make una kill am; if na girl, make una leave am alive."
14. But di midwives fear God, so dem no do wetin Pharaoh talk, dem leave di boy pikin alive.
15. Pharaoh call di midwives say, "Why una no do as I tell una? Why una leave di boy pikin alive?"
16. Di midwives answer Pharaoh say, "Israel women no be like Egyptian women. Dem strong, dem born pikin before we reach there."
17. So Pharaoh no punish di midwives. Instead, di children of Israel still dey increase.
18. Pharaoh come give order to all di people say, "If una see any boy pikin wey Israel woman born, make una throw am inside river, but make una leave di girl pikin alive."
19. So di king of Egypt order say, make dem kill all di boy pikin.
20. Di more dem do am, di more Israel people increase and grow. Pharaoh come dey more angry.
21. Pharaoh come tell all di people, make dem throw di male pikin of Israel into river to kill dem.
22. So, now, Pharaoh tell all di Egyptians say, any time dem see Israelite boy pikin, dem go throw am inside river to die.
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