“And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.”
'I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt' - God's speech establishes divine solidarity with suffering: 'I have heard their groaning' (ekousato tēs stenagmou). God 'comes down' (katabainō, descends), a theophanic motif establishing vertical movement from heaven to earth as God's characteristic action. The purpose is rescue (exaireō), deliverance from oppression.
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