Exodus 2:25 “God saw the Israelites and took notice.”

Exodus 2:25

God saw the Israelites and took notice.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

World English Bible

God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

American Standard Version

And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.

Geneva Bible 1599

So God looked vpon the children of Israel, and God had respect vnto them.

Darby Translation

and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].

Young's Literal Translation

and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.

Bible in Basic English

And God's eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of himself.

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Cross references

“looked”

Exodus 4:31 Luke 1:25 2 Samuel 16:12 1 Samuel 1:11 Job 33:27

Exodus 4:31 · BSB

and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

Luke 1:25 · BSB

“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

2 Samuel 16:12 · BSB

Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

1 Samuel 1:11 · BSB

And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all…

Job 33:27 · BSB

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

“had respect”

Psalm 55:22 Psalm 1:6 Matthew 7:23 Exodus 1:8 Exodus 3:7 Exodus 3:8

Psalm 55:22 · BSB

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Psalm 1:6 · BSB

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Matthew 7:23 · BSB

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

Exodus 1:8 · BSB

Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

Exodus 3:7 · BSB

The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Exodus 3:8 · BSB

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzi…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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