Exodus 2:24

Hebrew Bible

23 During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning; God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw the Israelites, and God understood.

Onkelos Exodus 2:24

Targum

23 And it was in many of those days: and the king of Mizraim died. And the sons of Israel groaned with the hard service which was upon them; and the cry rose up before the presence of the Lord, from their labour. 24 And their appeal was heard before the Lord; and the Lord remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Izhak, and with Jakob. 25 And the servitude of the sons of Israel was known before the Lord, and the Lord said in His Memra, that He would deliver them.

 Notes and References

"... The biblical phrase vayishma Elohim ('And God heard') is softened in the translation to reject the anthropomorphism. Not so, in terms of God 'remembering' the covenant. Consistency in translating is a desideratum that is hardly ever achieved ..."

Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner Onkelos on the Torah, Exodus: Understanding the Bible Text (p. 8) Gefen, 2006

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