1 This is the list of Jacob’s sons who went to Egypt with their families. ♂️ 2 The sons are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. 3 Also Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin. 4 Also Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 All the family were 70 people. Joseph was in Egypt first. 7️⃣0️⃣ 6 Joseph died. His brothers died too. That whole group was gone. ⚰️ 7 God’s people had many babies. They grew big as a group. The land was full of them. 8 A new king was in Egypt. He did not know Joseph. 9 The king said, “Look! God’s people are many and strong.” ️ 10 He said, “We must make a plan. If a war comes, they may help other people and fight us. They may leave our land.” ️⚔️ 11 So the king put mean bosses over them. The bosses made them work very hard. They built two big towns for the king: Pithom and Rameses. ️ 12 But the more the bosses were mean, the more God’s people grew and grew. The people of Egypt were scared. ➡️ 13 The people of Egypt were very mean. They made God’s people work all day. ⏳ 14 Life was hard. They made mud bricks. They worked in the fields. The bosses were very mean. 15 Then the king spoke to two baby helpers. Their names were Shiphrah and Puah. ️ 16 He said, “When a mom has a baby, if it is a boy from God’s people, kill him. If it is a girl, let her live.” 17 But the baby helpers loved and obeyed God. They did not do the bad thing. They let the boys live. ✅ 18 The king called the helpers and said, “Why did you let the boys live?” ❓ 19 The helpers said, “The moms from God’s people have babies fast. We get there too late.” ♀️ 20 God was kind to the helpers. God’s people had more babies and grew strong. 21 The helpers obeyed God. So God gave them families and babies too. 22 Then the king made a bad rule for all his people: “Throw every baby boy from God’s people into the Nile River. Let the girls live.”