Exodus 6:5

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Summary

And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

The groaning

I have remembered

Bible References

The groaning

And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

I have remembered

And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.

And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.

He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,