Nehemiah 9:9
Good News Translation
"You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt; you heard their call for help at the Red Sea.

New Revised Standard Version
“And you saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

Contemporary English Version
When our ancestors were in Egypt, you saw their suffering; when they were at the Red Sea, you heard their cry for help.

New American Bible
You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, you heard their cry by the Red Sea;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.

didst see

Exodus 2:25 And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel, and he knew them.

Exodus 3:7-9,16 And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works; . . .

Acts 7:34 Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt: and I have heard their groaning and am come down to deliver them. And now come: and I will send thee into Egypt.

heardest

Exodus 14:10-12 And when Pharao drew near, the children of Israel lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them: and they feared exceedingly, and cried to the Lord. . . .

Context
The People Confess Their Sins
8And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just. 9And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.10And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.…
Cross References
Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works;

Exodus 14:10
And when Pharao drew near, the children of Israel lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them: and they feared exceedingly, and cried to the Lord.

Exodus 14:31
And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand that the Lord had used against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.

Nehemiah 9:8
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