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Exodus 2:25

And the Lord looked upon the children of Israel, and he knew them.

Challoner: Knew themThat is, he had respect to them, he cast a merciful eye upon them.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Et respexit Dominus filios Israël et cognovit eos.
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ ἔπιδεν ὁ θεὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς.
Hebrew (WLC): וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֖דַע אֱלֹהִֽים

Haydock's commentary

Knew them; that is, he had respect to them, he cast a merciful eye upon them. (Challoner)

Hebrew, "he had regard for them;" and, as some Latin copies read, delivered them. (Calmet)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.