Exodus 2:24
What does Exodus 2:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 2:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890andGod heard their groaning, andGod remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
Context
v.23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
v.24This passage
v.25And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 22:5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
- Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Psalms 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
- Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
- Genesis 26:3
sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Nehemiah 9:8
and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.
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