Exodus 2:25

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

Cross-references

Exodus 3:7 Parallel

Exodus 3:7 directly expands on God seeing affliction, making explicit the divine response to what was observed in Exodus 2:25.

Exodus 3:8 Parallel

Exodus 3:8 reveals God's active response to seeing affliction: He comes down to deliver, fulfilling the knowledge from Exodus 2:25.

Exodus 4:31 Parallel

Exodus 4:31 explicitly repeats that God saw their affliction, now believed by the people, showing fulfillment of God's awareness.

Exodus 3:16 Parallel

In Exodus 3:16, God tells Moses He has observed Israel's suffering — directly echoing His seeing and knowing in Exodus 2:25.

Genesis 15:13 Prophetic fulfillment

In Genesis 15:13, God foretells the affliction of Israel — the very affliction He sees and knows in Exodus 2:25.

In 2 Kings 13:23, God's compassion and turning to Israel mirrors His knowing and seeing them in Exodus 2:25.

Nehemiah 9:9 Historical context

In Nehemiah 9:9, the prayer recalls God seeing Israel's affliction in Egypt — directly referencing the event of Exodus 2:25.

In 1 Samuel 1:11, Hannah asks God to look on her affliction, echoing the same divine attention God gave Israel in Exodus 2:25.

In Leviticus 26:9, God promises to turn to Israel in blessing — a positive response similar to His knowing them in Exodus 2:25.

2 Samuel 16:12 has David hoping the LORD will look on his affliction, mirroring the divine seeing in Exodus 2:25.

Luke 1:25 Allusion

In Luke 1:25, Elizabeth says the Lord looked on her to remove reproach, paralleling God's attentive look on Israel's affliction.