3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 There was a total of 70 people who were descendants of Jacob. Jacob’s son Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 By some time later, Joseph and his brothers had died, along with all the people who had lived at that same time.
7 But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew greatly. They became very strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with them.
8 Then a new king began to rule Egypt. He did not know who Joseph was.
9 This king said to his people, “Look! The people of Israel are too many! And they are too strong for us to handle!