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

Time went by and the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to God.

If you do, I, Jehovah, will answer them when they cry out to me for help,

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, because she said: Certainly, Jehovah has seen my misery. Now my husband will love me!

This time tomorrow I will send you a man from the territory of Benjamin. Anoint him to be ruler of my people Israel. He will save my people from the Philistines. I have seen my people suffering and their cry has reached me.

Jehovah has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. Jehovah heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help.

I went to Jehovah for help. He answered me and rescued me from all my fears.

He saw that they were suffering when he heard their cry for help.

He will fulfill the desire of those who reverence him. He will also hear their cry and will save them.

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

We do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our infirmities (weaknesses). He was tested in all things like ourselves. Yet he was without sin!

By reason

So the Egyptians put slave masters over them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply (storage) cities for Pharaoh.

I know

I will go down now and see whether they have done the bad things I have been told. Then I will know.

When I begin to lose hope, you already know what I am experiencing. My enemies have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk.

General references

God answered Leah's prayer. She became pregnant and gave birth to her fifth son for Jacob.

Everywhere in Egypt there will be loud crying. Nothing like this has ever happened before or will ever happen again.

In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles.

For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.