God Hears Israel's Groaning

Exodus 2

23 Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cries for relief from their hard labor ascended to God: 24 God listened to their groanings. God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw what was going on with Israel. God understood.

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