Exodus 2:24
And he heard their groaning, and he also remembered the covenant which he formed with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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25And the Lord looked with favor on the sons of Israel, and he knew them.
Cross References
Genesis 15:14Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve, and after this they will depart with great substance.
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
Genesis 26:3and sojourn in it, and I will be with you, and I will bless you. For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions, completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father.
Genesis 28:12And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth, with its top touching heaven, also, the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,
Genesis 32:28But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?”
Genesis 35:12And the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and to your offspring after you.”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:24-25
Cry of the Oppressed Israelites. ( b. c. 1491.) 23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. Here is, 1. The continuance of the Israelites' bondage in Egypt, v. 23 . Probably… Read the whole commentary →