Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.
- BSB ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
- NKJV ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
- NASB ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself.
- NLT ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
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Quick answer
God reminds Israel that He judged Egypt and carried them to Himself on eagles' wings. His covenant rests on His gracious, saving acts.
Overview
Before any commands, God recalls His mighty redemption, picturing tender, powerful care that bore Israel out of bondage to Himself. The covenant is grounded in grace already shown. This pattern, deliverance first, then relationship and obedience, mirrors the gospel, where God saves us and draws us to Himself in Christ.
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Cross-references · 8
- Deut 32:11–12As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
- Isa 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Isa 40:31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- Deut 29:2And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
- Rev 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
- Deut 4:33–36Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
- Deut 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- Exod 7:1–14And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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