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Exodus 1:1

וְאֵ֗לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
and — these or those
שְׁמוֹת֙
shêm
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
הַבָּאִ֖ים
bôwʼ
the — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מִצְרָ֑יְמָה
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
אֵ֣ת
ʼêth
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
אִ֥ישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
וּבֵית֖וֹ
bayith
and — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בָּֽאוּ
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Exodus 1:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household:
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Exodus falls into three clear movements. Chapters 1-4 are Moses's own story - born, exiled, called - what this course calls "the Saga of Moses." Chapters 5-18 widen out to the whole people's escape, the plagues and the sea. Chapters 19-40 - fully half the book - slow down almost to a standstill at one mountain, Sinai, for the covenant and the plans for God's dwelling place. The book spends as much time at Sinai as it does on the entire escape from Egypt; freedom was never the destination, only the road to it.

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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household:
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