Exodus 2:25

25 He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.

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 Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.

24 God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

25 He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or and acknowledged his obligation to help them.