Exodus 2:25
God saw the Israelites, and he understood their situation.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
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Cross References
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 4:31The people believed. When they heard that Yahweh had observed the Israelites and that he had seen their oppression, then they bowed their heads and worshiped him.
Deuteronomy 26:7We cried out to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and he heard our voice and saw our affliction, our labor, and our oppression.
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps Yahweh will look at the misery unleashed on me, and repay me with good for his cursing me today.”
Psalms 1:6For Yahweh approves of the way of the righteous, 1 but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 31:8You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. 1 You have set my feet in a wide open place. 1
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 →