Exodus 2:25
and God sees the sons of Israel, and God knows.
Literal Standard Version
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 YHWH says, “I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;
Exodus 4:31and the people believe when they hear that YHWH has looked after the sons of Israel, and that He has seen their affliction; and they bow and pay respect.
Deuteronomy 26:7and we cry to YHWH, God of our fathers, and YHWH hears our voice, and sees our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression;
2 Samuel 16:12it may be YHWH looks on my affliction, and YHWH has turned back good to me for his reviling this day.”
Psalms 1:6For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, || And the way of the wicked is lost!
Psalms 31:8And You have not shut me up, || Into the hand of an enemy, || You have caused my feet to stand 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 →