Exodus 2:25
And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the LORD said: 'I have surely seen the affliction of My people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their pains;
Exodus 4:31And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had remembered the children of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Deuteronomy 26:7And we cried unto the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the LORD will look on mine eye, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.'
Psalms 1:6For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 31:8(31-9) And Thou hast not given me over into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.
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 →