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Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,(A)

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The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(A) the misery(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(C) about their suffering.(D)

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19 He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;
    he also hears their cry and saves them.(A)

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19 He fulfills the desires(A) of those who fear him;(B)
    he hears their cry(C) and saves them.(D)

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44 Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.(A)

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44 Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;(A)

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23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.(A) 24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.(B) 25 God looked upon the Israelites, and God took notice of them.(C)

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23 During that long period,(A) the king of Egypt died.(B) The Israelites groaned in their slavery(C) and cried out, and their cry(D) for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered(E) his covenant(F) with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned(G) about them.

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This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
    and was saved from every trouble.

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This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.(A)

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“And you saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.[a](A)

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  1. 9.9 Or Sea of Reeds

“You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;(A) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.[a](B)

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  1. Nehemiah 9:9 Or the Sea of Reeds

23 If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry;(A)

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23 If you do and they cry out(A) to me, I will certainly hear their cry.(B)

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    in all their distress.
It was no messenger or angel
    but his presence that saved them;
in his love and pity it was he who redeemed them;
    he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.(A)

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In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel(A) of his presence(B) saved them.[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(C) them;
    he lifted them up and carried(D) them
    all the days of old.(E)

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  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them

I sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.(A)

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I sought the Lord,(A) and he answered me;
    he delivered(B) me from all my fears.

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16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen the suffering of[a] my people, because their outcry has come to me.”(A)

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  1. 9.16 Gk: Heb lacks the suffering of

16 “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint(A) him ruler(B) over my people Israel; he will deliver(C) them from the hand of the Philistines.(D) I have looked on my people, for their cry(E) has reached me.”

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11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.(A)

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11 So they put slave masters(A) over them to oppress them with forced labor,(B) and they built Pithom and Rameses(C) as store cities(D) for Pharaoh.

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32 Leah conceived and bore a son, and she named him Reuben,[a] for she said, “Because the Lord has looked on my affliction, surely now my husband will love me.”(A)

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  1. 29.32 That is, see, a son

32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(A) She named him Reuben,[a](B) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.(C) Surely my husband will love me now.”

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  1. Genesis 29:32 Reuben sounds like the Hebrew for he has seen my misery; the name means see, a son.

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested[a] as we are, yet without sin.(A)

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  1. 4.15 Or tempted

15 For we do not have a high priest(A) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are(B)—yet he did not sin.(C)

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