Exodus 3:9

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cry	צַעֲקַ֥ת tza.'a.Kat	H6818	a shriek · noun, common feminine singular construct
children	בְּנֵי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
come	בָּ֣אָה Ba.'ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
seen	רָאִ֙יתִי֙ ra.'I.ti	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
oppression	הַלַּ֔חַץ ha.La.chatz	H3906	distress · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Egyptians	מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim	H4714	Mitsrajim
oppress	לֹחֲצִ֥ים lo.cha.Tzim	H3905	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cr…
Proverbs 22:22-23 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Exodus 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raam…
Exodus 1:13-14 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmaster…
Exodus 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Psalms 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffe…
Ecclesiastes 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:7-10

Now that Moses had put off his shoes (for, no doubt, he observed the orders given him, Exo 3:5), and covered his face, God enters upon the particular business that was now to be concerted, which was the bringing of Israel out of Egypt. Now, after forty years of Israel's bondage and Moses's banishment, when we may suppose both he and they began to despair, they of being delivered and he of delivering them, at length, the time has come, even the year of the redeemed. Note, God often comes for the salvation of his people when they have done looking for him. Shall he find faith? Luk 18:8. Here is, I. The notice God takes of the afflictions of Israel (Exo 3:7, Exo 3:9): Seeing I have seen, not on…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 3:6

I am the God . . . come down to deliver--The reverential awe of Moses must have been relieved by the divine Speaker (see Mat 22:32), announcing Himself in His covenant character, and by the welcome intelligence communicated. Moreover, the time, as well as all the circumstances of this miraculous appearance, were such as to give him an illustrious display of God's faithfulness to His promises. The period of Israel's journey and affliction in Egypt had been predicted (Gen 15:13), and it was during the last year of the term which had still to run that the Lord appeared in the burning bush.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 3:8

And I am come down to deliver them - This is the very purpose for which I am now come down upon this mountain, and for which I manifest myself to thee. Large - land - Canaan, when compared with the small tract of Goshen, in which they were now situated, and where, we learn, from Exo 1:7, they were straitened for room, might be well called a large land. See a fine description of this land Deu 8:7. A land flowing with milk and honey - Excellent for pasturage, because abounding in the most wholesome herbage and flowers; and from the latter an abundance of wild honey was collected by the bees. Though cultivation is now almost entirely neglected in this land, because of the badness of the governm…

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The Church Fathers

Clamor: not like the clamor of the Sodomites, which signified iniquity without fear or shame.
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON EXODUS 5

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Dictionary and topics

Bush — In which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant or bush is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The words…
Moses — Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years…
Plagues, The Ten — The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.
Egypt · History of Israel in: Moses sent to Pharaoh — History of Israel in: Moses sent to Pharaoh
Jews, The · All other nations: Oppressed — All other nations: Oppressed
Moses · bring them into the land of — bring them into the land of
Oppression · National, relieve — National, relieve
Religion · .Moses — .Moses
Sorrow · .Of the Israelites — .Of the Israelites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 3:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:7-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 3:6

Adam Clarke on Exodus 3:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 3:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:7-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 3:6

Adam Clarke on Exodus 3:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 3:9

John Calvin on Exodus 3:6-9

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 3:7-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 3:8

Rashi on Exodus 3:7