God Hears Israel's Groaning

^23 (A)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^(B)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^(C)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. ²⁴ And ^(D)God heard their groaning, and God ^(E)remembered his covenant with ^(F)Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. ²⁵ God ^(G)saw the people of Israel—and God ^(H)knew.

⁹ And now, behold, ^(A)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the ^(B)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

¹⁶ And ^(A)when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and ^(B)sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.