Exodus 2:23

And it came to pass in this long time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their complaint came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land.

24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, Because the cry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous:

Exodus 3:7And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;

Exodus 7:7And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty and three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh.

Numbers 20:16And we cried unto the Lord, and he heard our voice, and he sent a messenger, and caused us to go forth out of Egypt; and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city at the outmost end of thy border.

Deuteronomy 26:6And the Egyptians treated us ill, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard labor;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:17-23

The Marriage of Moses. ( b. c. 1533.) 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And… Read the whole commentary →

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