Exodus 6:5
ContextNETBible | I 1 have also heard 2 the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, 3 and I have remembered my covenant. 4 |
XREF | Ge 8:1; Ge 9:15; Ex 2:24; Ex 3:7; Ps 105:8; Ps 106:44; Ps 106:45; Isa 63:9; Lu 1:54,72 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The addition of the independent pronoun אֲנִי (’ani, “I”) emphasizes the fact that it was Yahweh himself who heard the cry. 2 tn Heb “And also I have heard.” 3 tn The form is the Hiphil participle מַעֲבִדִים (ma’avidim, “causing to serve”). The participle occurs in a relative clause that modifies “the Israelites.” The clause ends with the accusative “them,” which must be combined with the relative pronoun for a smooth English translation. So “who the Egyptians are enslaving them,” results in the translation “whom the Egyptians are enslaving.” 4 tn As in Exod 2:24, this remembering has the significance of God’s beginning to act to fulfill the covenant promises. |