《圣经》（新旧约全书）

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约瑟和他的弟兄，并那一代的人都死了。

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation

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以色列人生养众多，并且繁茂，极其强盛，满了那地。

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them

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有不认识约瑟的新王起来，治理埃及，

Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph

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对他的百姓说，看哪，这以色列民比我们还多，又比我们强盛。

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we

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来吧，我们不如用巧计待他们，恐怕他们多起来，日后若遇什么争战的事，就连合我们的仇敌攻击我们，离开这地去了。

Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land

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于是埃及人派督工的辖制他们，加重担苦害他们。他们为法老建造两座积货城，就是比东和兰塞。

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses

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只是越发苦害他们，他们越发多起来，越发蔓延，埃及人就因以色列人愁烦。

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel

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埃及人严严地使以色列人作工，

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour

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使他们因作苦工觉得命苦，无论是和泥，是作砖，是作田间各样的工，在一切的工上都严严地待他们。

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour

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有希伯来的两个收生婆，一名施弗拉，一名普阿，埃及王对她们说，

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah