Exodus 2:25

25 God looked at the Israelites, and God understood.

Exodus 2:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:25

And God looked upon the children of Israel
With an eye of pity and compassion, and saw all the hardships they laboured under, and all the injuries that were done unto them:

and God had respect unto [them];
had a favourable regard to them; or "knew" ^F2 not only them, the Israelites, and loved them, and approved of them, and owned them as his own, all which words of knowledge sometimes signify; but he knew their sorrows and sufferings, and took notice of what was done to them secretly; see ( Exodus 3:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (edyw) "et eognovit", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Exodus 2:25 In-Context

23 A long time passed, and the Egyptian king died. The Israelites were still groaning because of their hard work. They cried out, and their cry to be rescued from the hard work rose up to God.

24 God heard their cry of grief, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

25 God looked at the Israelites, and God understood.