Exodus 2:23
In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
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In Context
24God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Cross References
Genesis 4:10The LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.
Genesis 18:20The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 7:7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Numbers 20:16When we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.
Deuteronomy 26:6The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labour 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 →