Exodus 3:7

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Summary

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

I have

By reason

Exodus 1:11

I know

Genesis 18:21

Psalm 142:3

General references

Bible References

I have

Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.

If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;

Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has

seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

“About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

I sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He heard their cry;

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He will also hear their cry and will save them.

In all their affliction

He was afflicted,

And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

By reason

So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with

hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses.

I know

I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

General references

God gave heed to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

Moreover, there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.

For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.