1. These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt – each man with his household entered with Jacob:
2. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3. Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4. Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
5. All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,
6. and in time Joseph and his brothers and all that generation died.
7. The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
8. Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.