Exodus 3:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then the Lord said, “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; I know their sufferings,

Cross References

Genesis 16:11

And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael; because the Lord has given heed to your affliction.

Genesis 18:21

I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know.”

Genesis 21:17

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

Genesis 29:32

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 31:12

And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that leap upon the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

2 Samuel 22:28

Thou dost deliver a humble people, but thy eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.

2 Kings 13:4

Then Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

2 Kings 20:5

“Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 9:9

“And thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and hear their cry at the Red Sea,

Psalm 106:44

Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit is faint, thou knowest my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfils the desire of all who fear him, he also hears their cry, and saves them.

Psalm 22:24

For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 35:22

Thou hast seen, O Lord; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!

Psalm 9:14

that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Ra-amses.

Exodus 1:8

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

Exodus 22:23

If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry;

Exodus 33:13

Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee and find favor in thy sight. Consider too that this nation is thy people.”

Exodus 5:10

So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw.

Exodus 5:6

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Numbers 20:16

and when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us forth out of Egypt; and here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

Acts 7:34

I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

Hebrews 4:15

For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

1 Samuel 9:16

“Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of Philistines; for I have seen the affliction of my people, because their cry has come to me.”