Exodus 3:7

World English Bible

Contextual Overview

⁷ Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. ⁸ I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ⁹ Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ¹⁰ Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

Bible Verse Review
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I have: Exodus 2:23-25, Exodus 22:23, Genesis 29:32, 1 Samuel 9:16, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 34:4, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 106:44, Psalms 145:19, Isaiah 63:9, Hebrews 4:15

by reason: Exodus 1:11

I know: Genesis 18:21, Psalms 142:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:10 - crieth Genesis 16:11 - hath Genesis 21:17 - heard Genesis 29:31 - saw Genesis 30:17 - General Genesis 31:12 - I have seen Genesis 31:42 - hath seen Exodus 2:11 - burdens Exodus 2:25 - had respect Exodus 3:9 - the cry Exodus 4:31 - looked Exodus 6:5 - the groaning Exodus 11:6 - General Leviticus 25:43 - rule Numbers 20:16 - we cried Deuteronomy 15:9 - he cry Judges 2:1 - I made 2 Samuel 7:23 - went 2 Samuel 16:12 - the Lord 2 Samuel 22:7 - did hear 2 Samuel 22:28 - afflicted 2 Kings 13:4 - the Lord 2 Kings 13:23 - because of his covenant 2 Kings 14:26 - saw the affliction 1 Chronicles 17:21 - redeem Nehemiah 5:1 - a great cry Nehemiah 9:9 - didst see Job 10:15 - see Job 34:28 - they Job 35:9 - they make Psalms 9:12 - he forgetteth Psalms 12:5 - oppression Psalms 35:22 - This Psalms 102:20 - To hear Psalms 107:13 - General Psalms 119:153 - Consider Isaiah 5:7 - a cry Isaiah 19:20 - they shall Isaiah 52:5 - make Isaiah 54:11 - thou afflicted Isaiah 63:8 - Surely Lamentations 1:9 - behold Lamentations 3:32 - General Ezekiel 16:6 - and saw Daniel 9:18 - behold Zechariah 9:8 - for Acts 7:34 - I have seen Revelation 11:8 - Egypt

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:5
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

Genesis 3:11
God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

Deuteronomy 28:34
so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.

2 Kings 6:20
It happened, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

Isaiah 28:20
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

Isaiah 59:6
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Luke 16:23
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt,.... Or, "in seeing I have seen", which not only denotes the certainty of it, as we express it; but the clear, distinct, and full sight he had of it, with sympathy towards them, an affectionate concern for them, and a fixed, settled, determination in his mind to deliver them; he had long took notice of, and had thoroughly observed their affliction, and was afflicted with them in it, and was bent upon their deliverance out of it:

and have heard their cry, by reason of their taskmasters; who were set over them to see that they did their work, and to lay heavy burdens on them, and afflict them by all manner of ways and methods they could devise; and who abused and beat them for not doing what was not to be done, which made them cry out because of their barbarous usage of them, and cry unto God for help and deliverance:

for I know their sorrows; the pains of body they were put unto, and the inward grief and trouble of their minds on account of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Taskmasters - Oppressors. A different word from that in Exodus 1:11.

I know - The expression implies personal feeling, tenderness, and compassion (compare Exodus 2:25 margin).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 3:7. I have surely seen — ראה ראיתי raoh raithi, seeing, I have seen - I have not only seen the afflictions of this people because I am omniscient, but I have considered their sorrows, and my eye affects my heart.