4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
5 The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants was seventy. Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and that whole generation died.
7 But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific. They multiplied and became so very numerous that the land was filled with them.
8 Then a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, rose to power in Egypt.
9 He said to his people, “See! The Israelite people have multiplied and become more numerous than we are!
10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them to stop their increase; otherwise, in time of war they too may join our enemies to fight against us, and so leave the land.”