Exodus 2:23

And it came to pass in process of time, that Melech Mitzrayim died; and the Bnei Yisroel groaned by reason of haAvodah (the Bondage), and they cried out, and their cry came up unto HaElohim by reason of haAvodah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 him a ben, and he called shmo Gershom; for he said, I have been a ger in a foreign land.

24And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His brit (covenant) with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Ya'akov.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brotherʼs dahm crieth unto Me from haadamah.

Genesis 18:20And Hashem said, Because the outcry of Sodom and Amora is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Exodus 3:7And Hashem said, I have surely seen the oni ami (affliction of My people) which are in Mitzrayim, and have heard their cry by reason of their nogesim (taskmasters); for I know their makhovim (sufferings);

Exodus 7:7And Moshe was fourscore years old, and Aharon fourscore three years, when they spoke unto Pharaoh.

Numbers 20:16And when we cried unto Hashem, He heard our voice, and sent a malach, and hath brought us forth out of Mitzrayim; and, hinei, we are in Kadesh, a town in the edge of thy border;

Deuteronomy 26:6And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us avodah kashah (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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