Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.
Exodus 2:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God heard their sighing and groaning and [earnestly] remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. American Standard Version (1901) And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. Common English Bible God heard their cry of grief, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Catholic Public Domain Version And he heard their groaning, and he also remembered the covenant which he formed with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he heard their groaning: and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.
The angel of the Lord said to her, ‘You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.
I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.
Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
and said, ‘By myself I have sworn,’ this is the Lord’s declaration: ‘Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,
The Lord appeared to him and said, ‘Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about;
and the Lord appeared to him that night and said, ‘I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.’
stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
‘Your name will no longer be Jacob,’ he said. ‘It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.’
God also said to him, ‘I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you, and kings will descend from you. ,
I will give to you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. And I will give the land to your future descendants.’
God remembered Noah, as well as all the wildlife and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to subside.
but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned towards them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are forcing to work as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
When we cried out to the Lord, he heard our plea, and sent an angel, , and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the border of your territory.
I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt. ,
Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for the Israelites, the Lord was with him and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive. The Lord was moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.
‘At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel. He will save them from the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of my people, for their cry has come to me.’