²³ Now it happened ^(A)in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel ^(B)groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and ^(C)their cry came up to God because of the bondage. ²⁴ So God ^(D)heard their groaning, and God ^(E)remembered His ^(F)covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. ²⁵ And God ^(G)looked upon the children of Israel, and God ^(H)acknowledged them.

Moses at the Burning Bush^(I)

3 Now Moses was tending the flock of ^(J)Jethro his father-in-law, ^(K)the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to ^(L)Horeb, ^(M)the mountain of God. ² And ^(N)the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. ³ Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this ^(O)great sight, why the bush does not burn.”

⁴ So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called ^(P)to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!”

And he said, “Here I am.”

⁵ Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. ^(Q)Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” ⁶ Moreover He said, ^(R)“I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for ^(S)he was afraid to look upon God.

⁷ And the Lord said: ^(T)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry ^(U)because of their taskmasters, ^(V)for I know their ^[a]sorrows. ⁸ So ^(W)I have come down to ^(X)deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land ^(Y)to a good and large land, to a land ^(Z)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of ^(AA)the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. ⁹ Now therefore, behold, ^(AB)the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the ^(AC)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.