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Exodus 2:25

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. He looked into the case and was constrained to interfere in behalf of His people. When God's hour of deliverance has come, He always sees to it that the temptation is speedily brought to a close.

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See also Exodus 2:25 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 2:25. _AND GOD HAD RESPECT UNTO_ THEM.] וידע אלהים _vaiyeda_ _Elohim_, God _knew_ them, i.e., he _approved_ of them, and therefore it is said that _their cry came up before God, and he h...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 2:23 TO EXODUS 3:15. THE CALL OF MOSES ( FIRST ACCOUNT). Exodus 2:23_ a_, J, Exodus 2:23 _b_ -...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 2 And there went a man of the house of Le-vi, and took to wife a daughter of Le-vi. (2) And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodl...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:25 [them]. (a-12) Or 'took knowledge [of their state].' see ch. 3.7....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES 1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed respectively (see Exodus 6:20). Two children were born to them before Moses. The oldest was a daugh...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HAD RESPECT UNTO] RV 'took knowledge _of_.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 2 Chapter 2 shows how God used women again. They became part of God’s...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER III. _ THE BURNING BUSH._ Exodus 2:23 - Exodus 3:1 "In process of time the king of Egypt died," probably the great Raamses, no other of whose dynasty had a reign which extended over the indi...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MOSES SLAYS AN EGYPTIAN AND FLEES TO MIDIAN Exodus 2:11 Amid all the allurements of Pharaoh's court, the heart of Moses beat true to his own people. Neither the treasures of Egypt, nor the pleasures...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the story of Moses. When Pharaoh was beginning to take active steps to oppress the people, God brought to birth the man who was to break Egypt's power. A mother's love is seen scheming for...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had (i) respect unto [them]. (i) He judges their causes or acknowledged them as his own....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Knew them; that is, he had respect to them, he cast a merciful eye upon them. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "he had regard for them; " and, as some Latin copies read, delivered them. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS How often do the very plans of bad men counteract their own designs! How frequently hath it been known, that the schemes of the ungodly to oppress the righteous have ultimately proved thei...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. First, we have the historical circumstances which relate to the captivity of Israel-the persecutions which this people had to endure, and the provide...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 U...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto [them]. Ver. 25. _Had respect._] Heb., Knew them. He knew their souls in adversity. Psa 31:7...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And God heard their groaning_ That is, he made it to appear that he took notice of their complaints. The groans of the oppressed cry loud in the ears of the righteous God, to whom vengeance belongs;...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses is borne, 3 and in an arke cast into the flags. 5 He is found, and brought vp by Pharaohs daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He reproueth an Hebrew. 15 He fleeth into Midian. 21 Hee...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    B. THE BIRTH AND MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION OF MOSES. HIS ELEVATION AND FIDELITY TO THE ISRAELITES. HIS TYPICAL ACT OF DELIVERANCE AND APPARENTLY FINAL DISAPPEARANCE. GOD’S CONTINUED PURPOSE TO RELEASE I...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BIRTH AND PROTECTION OF MOSES (vs.1-10) God's hand of overruling power and grace is seen beautifully in this chapter. There is nothing spectacular, but an incident takes place that would be norma...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HAD RESPECT: _ Heb._ knew...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-25 The Israelites' bondage in Egypt continued, though the murdering of their infants did not continue. Sometimes the Lord suffers the rod of the wicked to lie very long and very heavy on the lot o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Heb. _Knew_ them, so as to pity and help them; as words of knowledge are oft used, as PSALMS 1:6, PSALMS 31:7. He who seemed to have rejected them, now owned them for his people, and came for their re...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This section of our book abounds in the weightiest principles of divine truth principles, which range themselves under the three following heads, namely, the power of Satan, the power of God, and the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 2:25 God H430 looked H7200 (H8799) children H1121 Israel H3478 God H430 acknowledged H3045 (H8799) them...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CONDITIONS IN EGYPT - THE COVENANT REMEMBERED (EXODUS 2:23) But meanwhile in Egypt time passed, and the death of a new king probably raised hopes of more leniency. However, it was seemingly not to be...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Deliverer prepared for Israel. Moses' birth, boyhood and marriage. CHARACTERS: Levi's daughter, Pharaoh's daughter, mother of Moses, sister, Moses, Pharaoh, seven daughters of priests, shep...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 2:1. _Took to wife._ Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister, as in Exodus 6:20; that is, as the scriptures often afford example, his father's relation. But doubts may be entertained of Jos...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Sighed by reason of the bondage._ THE BONDAGE OF THE ISRAELITES The Israelites were to be a witnessing nation--a nation in which the worship of the true God was to be maintained, while other nations...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 2:23 The Lord does not view the offspring of ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB in terms of their years of slavery in Egypt but in terms of their...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:25_ THE KING DYING, THE PEOPLE SUFFERING, GOD REIGNING Whether this king was the same as the one mentioned in Exodus 1:8 is uncertain. Probab...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION. Exodus 2:23-2 DEATH OF THE PHARAOH FROM WHOM MOSES FLED — CONTINUANCE OF THE OPPRESSION OF ISRAEL-ISRAEL'S...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    There went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months (Exod...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    looked. Exodus 4:31 1 Samuel 1:11 2 Samuel 16:12 Job 33:27 Luke 1:25 God. had re

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    MOSES' PREMATURE EFFORT Exodus 2:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Acts 7:1 tells us that Moses was forty years of age when he sought to deliver Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh. We wish, therefore, to base o...

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