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Acts 7:34

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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.
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  1. Exodus 3:7–10Rank 1 from verse 34
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    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 taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

    8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

    9Now 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.

    10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

  2. Exodus 4:31Rank 2 from verse 34
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    31And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

  3. Nehemiah 9:9Rank 3 from verse 34
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    9And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

  4. Psalms 106:44Rank 4 from verse 34
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    44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

  5. Exodus 2:23–25Rank 5 from verse 34
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    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 cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

    24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

    25And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

  6. Exodus 3:14Rank 6 from verse 34
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    14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

  7. John 6:38Rank 7 from verse 34
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    38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  8. Hosea 12:13Rank 8 from verse 34
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    13And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

  9. Isaiah 63:8–9Rank 9 from verse 34
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    8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

    9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  10. Exodus 6:5–6Rank 10 from verse 34
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    5And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

    6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

  11. Genesis 18:21Rank 11 from verse 34
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    21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

  12. Isaiah 64:1Rank 12 from verse 34
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    1OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

  13. John 3:13Rank 13 from verse 34
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    13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

  14. Judges 10:15–16Rank 14 from verse 34
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    15¶ And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

    16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

  15. Judges 2:18Rank 15 from verse 34
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    18And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

  16. Micah 6:4Rank 16 from verse 34
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    4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

  17. Numbers 11:17Rank 17 from verse 34
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    17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  18. Psalms 105:26Rank 18 from verse 34
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    26He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

  19. Psalms 144:5Rank 19 from verse 34
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    5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

  20. Genesis 11:5Rank 20 from verse 34
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    5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

  21. Genesis 11:7Rank 21 from verse 34
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    7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

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Acts 7:34

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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groaning

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The deep inward or audible expression of pain, bondage, affliction, sorrow, burden, or longing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

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7:33Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

7:34I 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.

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7:35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

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