3 Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5 The total number of Jacob's children and grandchildren was 70. Joseph was already in Egypt.
6 Joseph and all of his brothers died. So did all of their children.
7 The people of Israel had many children. They greatly increased their numbers. There were so many of them that they filled the land.
8 Then a new king came to power in Egypt. He didn't know anything about Joseph.
9 "Look," he said to his people. "The Israelites are far too many for us.