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Exodus 2:25

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 2:25 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them].” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them].
Exodus 2:25 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
22And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
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.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them].
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And God looked upon the children of Israel, etc.] 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” f100 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 <020307>Exodus 3:7).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“looked: Exo 4:31; Sa1 1:11; Sa2 16:12; Job 33:27; Luk 1:25 God: For elohim, God, Houbigant reads aleyhem, unto them; which is countenanced by the LXX, Vulgate, Chaldee, Coptic, and Arabic, and appears to have been the original reading. had respect: Heb. knew, Exo 1:8, Exo 3:7, Exo 3:8; Psa 1:6, Psa 55:22; Mat 7:23 Next: Exodus Chapter 3”
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