¹¹ The angel of the Lord said to her further,

⁴² If ^(A)the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. ^(B)God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He ^(C)rendered judgment last night.”

⁷ The Lord said, “I have surely ^(A)seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.

³¹ So ^(A)the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord ^[a](B)was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then ^(C)they bowed low and worshiped.

⁷ Then ^(A)we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression;