Exodus 2:24
22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
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.
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.
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Compare
- BSB
- So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- KJV
- And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- WEB
- God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- ASV
- And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- DARBY
- and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
- BLB
- And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- ÅB
- Og Gud hørte deres sukk, og Gud kom i hu sin pakt med Abraham, Isak og Jakob.
- OTB
- Gud hørte deres stønnen og husket sin pakt med Abraham, Isak og Jakob.
- B1930
- Og Gud hørte deres sukk, og Gud kom i hu sin pakt med Abraham, Isak og Jakob.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Read in contextPsalms 105:42
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
Read in contextExodus 6:5
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Read in contextGenesis 15:14–18
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Read in contextLuke 1:72–73
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Read in contextPsalms 22:24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Read in contextPsalms 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Read in contextGenesis 26:24
And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
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