Exo 2:23-24, 3:9 | ESV | STEP | During those many days the king of Egypt died , and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God .

Exodus 2:23-24

God Hears Israel’s Groaning

23 ^aDuring those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^bgroaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^cTheir cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And ^dGod heard their groaning, and God ^eremembered his covenant with ^fAbraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 3:9

9 And now, behold, ^gthe cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the ^hoppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.