24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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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 countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. …
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-25)Here is, 1. The continuance of the Israelites’ bondage in Egypt, Exod. 2:23. Probably the murdering of their infants did not continue; this part of their affliction attended only the period immediately connected with the birth of Moses, and served to signalize it. The Egyptians now were content with their increase, finding that Egypt was enriched by their labour; so that they might have them for s…
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