Exodus 2:23

A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.

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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

22She bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom; he said, “I have been a resident in a foreign land.”

24When God heard their groaning, God called to mind his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10Yahweh said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood is calling out to me from the ground.

Genesis 18:20Then Yahweh said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and because their sin is so serious,

Exodus 3:7Yahweh said, “I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their shouts because of their taskmasters, for I know about their suffering.

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

Numbers 20:16When we called out to Yahweh, he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. Look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the border of your land.

Deuteronomy 26:6The Egyptians treated us badly and afflicted us. They made us do the work of slaves.

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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