Exodus 2:23

And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.

Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased toward me, and their sins are very great.

Exodus 3:7And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.

Exodus 7:7And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharaoh.

Numbers 20:16And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Kadesh, at the extremity of thy coasts.

Deuteronomy 26:6And the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed hard tasks on us:

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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