Nehemiah 9:9
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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.

Lexicon
You saw
וַתֵּ֛רֶא (wat·tê·re)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the oppression
עֳנִ֥י (‘o·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6040: Affliction, poverty

of our fathers
אֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

in Egypt;
בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם (bə·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

You heard
שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ (šā·ma‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

their cry
זַעֲקָתָ֥ם (za·‘ă·qā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2201: A shriek, outcry

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the Red
סֽוּף׃ (sūp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5488: A reed, the papyrus

Sea.
יַם־ (yam-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin


Additional Translations
You saw the oppression of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.And did see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red sea;

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea.

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,

and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph,
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