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Exodus 2:25

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2:25God saw94 the Israelites, and God understood.…95

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  1. 94 Heb “and God saw.”
  2. 95 Heb “and God knew” (יָדַע, yada’). The last clause contains a widely used verb for knowing, but it leaves the object unexpressed within the clause, so as to allow all that vv. 23–24 have described to serve as the compelling content of God’s knowing. (Many modern English versions supply an object for the verb following the , which reads “knew them.”) The idea seems to be that God took personal knowledge of, noticed, or regarded them. In other passages the verb “know” is similar in meaning to “save” or “show pity.” See especially Gen 18:21, Ps 1:6; 31:7, and Amos 3:2. Exodus has already provided an example of the results of not knowing in 1:8 (cf. 5:2).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God saw the Israelites, and God knew.

NLTNew Living Translation

He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and God saw the Israelites, and God took notice.

KJV 1900King James Version

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.