Exodus 3:9

9 I have heard the cry of the people of Israel. I have seen how the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Exodus 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 3:9

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is
come unto me
See ( Exodus 2:23 ) : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress
them;
which is repeated to observe the great notice he took of it; and the reason of his descent and appearance in this wonderful manner, as well as of the urgent necessity of Moses's going to deliver the people from their oppression.

Exodus 3:9 In-Context

7 The LORD said, "I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard them crying out because of the slave drivers. I know how much they're suffering.

8 I have come to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good land with plenty of room [for everyone]. It is a land flowing with milk and honey where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live.

9 I have heard the cry of the people of Israel. I have seen how the Egyptians are oppressing them.

10 Now, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you can bring my people Israel out of Egypt."

11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the people of Israel out of Egypt?"