Exodus 2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.
Leeser Tanakh
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 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 4:31And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Deuteronomy 26:7And then we cried unto the Eternal, the God of our fathers; and the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our trouble, and our oppression;
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.
Psalms 1:6For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.
Psalms 31:8(31:9) And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.
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 →