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Firstly, the verse is cryptic and entirely superfluous. The Torah could have finished the chapter with God&#8217;s hearing Israel&#8217;s cries and remembering his promise. What is added by God&#8217;s seeing and knowing, which is absent any object to explain it. What does God see? What does God know? And secondly- why has God waited to spring into action until now? Governmental orders to slaughter Jewish babies wasn&#8217;t enough suffering to justify engagement?<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">The first question begins to answer the second when we notice the centrality of the motif of sight in the chapter. Before God sees Israel&#8217;s suffering, Moses sees it. In an act of solidarity that is difficult to grasp, the prince of Egypt identifies with the plight of the slaves, and intervenes on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">But that Moses can see is really no surprise. 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