Exodus 2
Exodus 2:23: Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
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Exodus 2:24:
God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. |
Of course, God who knows all, did not forget the covenant, but was waiting for the time when the people actually wanted to see it fulfilled. He was not going to deliver them because they had remained faithful, for they had not. Or because they had obstained from idolatry, for they had not. He was remembering His promise. To Israel of old, the whole course of history of salvation could be summed up as being "promise and fulfillment": God promises, God remembers, God acts in salvation.
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