Exo 2:24 | KingComments | STEP | These verses are the introduction to the later service of Moses. While Moses is prepared by God for his task, God remembers His people. This does not mean that God has forgotten His people and is now thinking about them again. When God remembers, it means that He decides that the time for action has come. It does not say that the people are calling to God. Yet this is later said so by Moses ( ). In contrast to the four words that indicate the intensity of the suffering of the Israelites in : ‘sigh’, ‘cry out’, ‘cry for help’ and ‘groan’, we find four words in that indicate God’s reaction: ‘hear’, ‘remember’, ‘see’ and ‘take notice’. God perceives and is involved with His people in their suffering. He cares about the suffering of his people and goes to work to change this. He has the foundation for this in His covenant with the patriarchs.

‏ Exodus 2:24

God Remembers His People

These verses are the introduction to the later service of Moses. While Moses is prepared by God for his task, God remembers His people. This does not mean that God has forgotten His people and is now thinking about them again. When God remembers, it means that He decides that the time for action has come. It does not say that the people are calling to God. Yet this is later said so by Moses (Num 20:16).

In contrast to the four words that indicate the intensity of the suffering of the Israelites in Exo 2:23-24: ‘sigh’, ‘cry out’, ‘cry for help’ and ‘groan’, we find four words in Exo 2:24b-25 that indicate God’s reaction: ‘hear’, ‘remember’, ‘see’ and ‘take notice’. God perceives and is involved with His people in their suffering. He cares about the suffering of his people and goes to work to change this. He has the foundation for this in His covenant with the patriarchs.