God heard their groans. He remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

神听见他们的哀声，就记念他与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的约。

上帝听见他们的哀声，就记念他与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的约。

神听见他们的哀声，就记念他与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的约。

上帝听见他们的哀声，顾念从前跟亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的约，

神听见他们的呼声，就记念他与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的约。

神聽見他們的哀聲，就記念他與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約。

上帝聽見他們的哀聲，就記念他與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約。

神聽見他們的哀聲，就記念他與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約。

上帝聽見他們的哀聲，顧念從前跟亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約，

神聽見他們的呼聲，就記念他與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約。

上帝聽見他們的唉哼，就記起他的約來、他同亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的約。

上帝聞其呻吟、遂追憶與亞伯拉罕以撒雅各所立之約、

上帝聞之、追念素與亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立之約、

天主聞其哀號、追念昔與亞伯拉罕以撒雅各所立之約、

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

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

God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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

So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

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

So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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

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

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

He remembered the holy promise he had made to his servant Abraham.

Stay there for a while. I will be with you and give you my blessing. I will give all these lands to you and your children after you. And I will keep my word that I gave to your father Abraham.

Also, I have heard the groans of the Israelites. The Egyptians are keeping them as slaves. But I have remembered my covenant.

He heard the groans of the prisoners. He set free those who were sentenced to death.”

That night the Lord appeared to him. He said,“ I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid. I am with you. I will bless you. I will increase the number of your children because of my servant Abraham.”

But I will punish the nation that makes them slaves. After that, they will leave with many possessions.But you will die in peace. You will join the members of your family who have already died. And you will be buried when you are very old.Your children’s grandchildren will come back here. That’s because the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached the point where I must punish them.”The sun set and it became dark. Then a burning torch and a pot filled with smoking coals appeared. They passed between the pieces of the animals that had been cut in two.On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said,“ I am giving this land to your family who comes after you. It reaches from the River of Egypt to the great Euphrates River.

Because they were his people, he remembered his covenant. Because of his great love, he felt sorry for them.

He has not forgotten the one who is hurting. He has not turned away from his suffering. He has not turned his face away from him. He has listened to his cry for help.

They cried out to you and were saved. They trusted in you, and you didn’t let them down.

When I called out to you, you answered me. You made me strong and brave.

He will certainly become a great and powerful nation. All nations on earth will be blessed because of him.

In a dream he saw a stairway standing on the earth. Its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were going up and coming down on it.The Lord stood beside the stairway. He said,“ I am the Lord. I am the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your children after you the land you are lying on.They will be like the dust of the earth that can’t be counted. They will spread out to the west and to the east. They will spread out to the north and to the south. All nations on earth will be blessed because of you and your children after you.

You knew that his heart was faithful to you. And you made a covenant with him. You promised to give to his children after him a land of their own. It was the land of the Canaanites, Hittites and Amorites. The Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites also lived there. You have kept your promise. That’s because you always do what is right and fair.“ You saw how our people of long ago suffered in Egypt. You heard them cry out to you at the Red Sea.

Then the man said,“ Your name will not be Jacob anymore. Instead, it will be Israel. You have wrestled with God and with people. And you have won.”

Remember what he has done, you children of his servant Abraham. Remember it, you people of Jacob, God’s chosen ones.He is the Lord our God. He judges the whole earth.He will keep his covenant forever. He will keep his promise for all time to come.He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the promise he made to Isaac.He made it stand as a law for Jacob. He made it stand as a covenant for Israel that will last forever.He said,“ I will give you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you.”At first there weren’t very many of God’s people. There were only a few, and they were strangers in the land.They wandered from nation to nation. They wandered from one kingdom to another.

Listen to the groans of the prisoners. Use your strong arm to save people sentenced to death.

He has been kind to our people of long ago. He has remembered his holy covenant.He made a promise to our father Abraham.

So you handed them over to their enemies, who treated them badly. Then they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them. You loved them very much. So you sent leaders to help them. The leaders saved them from the power of their enemies.“ Then the people were enjoying peace and rest again. That’s when they did what you did not want them to do. Then you handed them over to their enemies. So their enemies ruled over them. When they cried out to you again, you heard them from heaven. You loved them very much. So you saved them time after time.

God spoke to Israel in a vision at night.“ Jacob! Jacob!” he said.“ Here I am,” Jacob replied.“ I am God. I am the God of your father,” he said.“ Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. There I will make you into a great nation.I will go down to Egypt with you. I will surely bring you back again. And when you die, Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”

I will make my covenant with you last forever. It will be between me and you and your family after you for all time to come. I will be your God. And I will be the God of all your family after you.

When the Lord gave them a leader, he was with that leader. The Lord saved the people from the power of their enemies. He did it as long as the leader lived. The Lord felt very sorry for the people. They groaned because of what their enemies did to them. Their enemies treated them badly.