Bible Strands
Acts 7:34
I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses at the burning bush, commanding him to remove his sandals on holy ground before commissioning him to return to Egypt.
The words — The text employs ἰδὼν (idōn), meaning “having seen,” and κάκωσιν (kakōsin), meaning “oppression,” to state that God directly observed the Israelites’ suffering.
The thread — God’s declaration of seeing affliction and hearing cries reappears in Exodus 3:7, Exodus 4:31, and Nehemiah 9:9.
Why it lands — The passage records God’s initiative to deliver and his direct command to Moses, requiring the reader to acknowledge divine intervention and obedience.
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The Greek words
King James Version
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Cross-references
- Exodus 3:7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Exodus 4:31 and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- Nehemiah 9:9 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- Psalms 106:44 Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Exodus 2:23 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
- John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- Isaiah 63:8 For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Hosea 12:13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
- Genesis 18:21 I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”